EOD Regional Nodes
Notes
**Note 1:** Code only regional nodes and nodes, NOS, in this field. Distant nodes are coded in EOD Mets.
**Note 2:** Involvement of inguinal, pelvic, or external iliac lymph nodes WITHOUT or unknown if previous scrotal or inguinal surgery prior to presentation of the testis tumor is coded in EOD Mets as distant lymph node involvement.
**Note 3:** Regional lymph nodes include:
Aortic, NOS
- Lateral (lumbar)
- Para-aortic
- Periaortic
- Preaortic
- Retroaortic
Pericaval, NOS
- Interaortocaval
- Paracaval
- Precaval
- Retrocaval
Retroperitoneal below the diaphragm or NOS
Spermatic vein
Lymph nodes **WITH** previous scrotal or inguinal surgery
- External iliac
- Inguinal nodes, NOS
+ Deep, NOS
+ Node of Cloquet or Rosenmuller (highest deep inguinal)
+ Superficial (femoral)
- Pelvic
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