Site-Specific Factor 19

Assessment of Positive Ipsilateral Axillary Lymph Nodes

Notes

**Note:** Code the assessment method used for the number of positive axillary and intramammary lymph nodes coded in **Site-Specific Factor 3, Number of Positive Ipsilateral Level I-II Axillary Lymph Nodes**. * Do not code the assessment method used for Level III axillary nodes or internal mammary nodes

Default

988

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #2873

Code	Description
000	No ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes positive
010	No nodes examined pathologically: positive nodes on clinical assessment only
015	No nodes examined pathologically: negative nodes on clinical assessment or no clinical assessment
020	Positive fine needle aspiration (FNA) only
025	Positive fine needle aspiration (FNA) AND negative lymph node dissection
027	Positive fine needle aspiration (FNA) AND positive lymph node dissection
030	Positive core biopsy, incisional only
040	Positive core biopsy, excisional only
050	Positive core biopsy, type not specified only
060	Positive core biopsy(ies) (incisional, excisional, NOS) AND negative lymph node dissection
070	Positive core biopsy(ies) (incisional, excisional, NOS) AND positive lymph node dissection
100	Positive sentinel lymph node biopsy(ies) only (no lymph node dissection)
110	Positive sentinel lymph node biopsy(ies) AND negative lymph node dissection
120	Positive sentinel lymph node biopsy(ies) AND positive lymph node dissection
123	Positive lymph node dissection only (No sentinel node biopsy or FNA or core biopsy)
125	Positive lymph node dissection AND negative FNA
127	Positive lymph node dissection AND negative core biopsy(ies) (incisional, excisional, NOS)
130	Positive lymph node dissection AND negative sentinel node biospsy(ies)
150	Nodes positive, but method of assessment unknown
988	Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
999	Unknown or no information Not documented in patient record