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:** Code 800 if regional lymph nodes are involved, but there is no indication which ones are involved.

Code	Description	SS2018 N
000	No regional lymph node involvement	NONE
300	Choledochal Common bile duct Cystic duct (node of the neck of the gallbladder) (Calot's node) Hepatic Hepatic artery Hilar (porta hepatic) (portal) (in hilus of liver) Node of foramen of Winslow (omental) (epiploic) Pancreaticoduodenal, posterior Pericholedochal (node along common bile duct) Periduodenal Peripancreatic (near head of pancreas only) Periportal Portal	RN
800	Regional lymph node(s), NOS Lymph node(s), NOS	RN
999	Unknown; regional lymph node(s) not stated Regional lymph node(s) cannot be assessed Not documented in medical record Death Certificate Only	U

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