EOD Regional Nodes

Notes

**Note 1:** Code only regional nodes and nodes, NOS in this field. Distant notes are coded in EOD Mets. **Note 2:** Imaging studies often refer to involved nodes in the gastrohepatic ligament or at the gastrohepatic level for esophageal primaries. Code as left gastric nodes if there is no more specific information. **Note 3:** 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 For all subsites (excluding GE junction) - Peri-/paraesophageal (8L, 8M) Cervical esophagus only - Cervical, NOS + Anterior deep cervical (laterotracheal) (recurrent laryngeal) + Deep cervical, NOS * Upper, NOS - Jugulodigastric (subdigastric) + Internal jugular, NOS - Scalene (inferior deep cervical) (1) - Supraclavicular (transverse cervical) (1) Intrathoracic esophagus, upper or middle, only - Internal jugular, NOS + Deep cervical, NOS * Lower, NOS - Jugulo-omohyoid (supraomohyoid) * Middle * Upper cervical, NOS - Jugulodigastric (subdigastric) - Intrabronchial + Carinal (tracheobronchial) (10R, 10L) (tracheal bifurcation) + Hilar (bronchopulmonary) (proximal lobar) (pulmonary root) + Peritracheal - Left gastric (superior gastric) (17) + Cardiac (cardial) + Lesser curvature + Perigastric, NOS - Posterior mediastinal (tracheoesophageal) - Superior mediastinal Intrathoracic esophagus, lower (abdominal) only - Left gastric (superior gastric) (17) + Cardiac (cardial) + Lesser curvature + Perigastric, NOS - Posterior mediastinal (3P) (tracheoesophageal) Esophagus GE Junction - Celiac (20) + Hepatic (excluding hepatoduodenal) + Left gastric (superior gastric), NOS * Cardiac * Cardioesophageal * Gastric, left (17) * Gastropancreatic, left * Lesser curvature * Lesser omental * Pericardial (16) + Pancreaticosplenic (pancreaticolineal) + Pancreatoduodenal + Perigastric, NOS + Peripancreatic + Right gastric (inferior gastric), NOS * Gastrocolic * Gastroduodenal * Gastroepiploic (gastro-omental), right or NOS * Gastrohepatic * Greater curvature * Greater omental * Pyloric, NOS - Infrapyloric (subpyloric) - Suprapyloric + Splenic (lineal), NOS * Gastroepiploic (gastro-omental), left * Splenic hilar Nodule(s) in perigastric fat RN
700 All subsites - Anterior mediastinal (6) - Diaphragmatic (15) - Mediastinal, NOS - Pulmonary ligament (9) - Subcarinal (tracheal carina) (7) Cervical esophagus - Aortopulmonary (5) + Para-aortic (ascending aorta or phrenic) + Subaortic - Paratracheal (2R, 2L, 4R, 4L) - Posterior mediastinal (3P) - Superior mediastinal Intrathoracic esophagus, upper or middle, only - Aortopulmonary (5) + Para-aortic (ascending aorta or phrenic) - Cervical Lower thoracic (abdominal) esophagus - Aortopulmonary (5) + Para-aortic (ascending aorta or phrenic) + Subaortic - Celiac (20) - Paratracheal (2R, 2L, 4R, 4L) - Superior mediastinal Esophagus GE Junction - Paraesophageal, NOS - Periesophageal, NOS + Aortopulmonary (5) + Paraesophageal, lower (8l) + Paraesophageal, middle (8m) + Paratracheal, lower (4L, 4R) + Paratracheal, upper (2L, 2R) + Posterior mediastinal (3p) + Supraclavicular (1) + Tracheobronchial (hilar) (10L, 10R) D
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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