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 |
Cystic duct (node of neck of gallbladder) (Calot's node)
Hepatic artery (common, NOS)
Hilar (in hepatoduodenal ligament)
Node of foramen of Winslow (omental) (epiploic)
Pancreaticoduodenal (anterior, posterior)
Pericholedochal (node along common bile duct)
Periduodenal
Peripancreatic (near head of pancreas only)
Periportal
Porta hepatis (portal) (hilar) (in hilus of liver) |
RN |
| 700 |
Superior mesenteric artery
Superior mesenteric vein |
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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