California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

RX Reg LN Examined

IDENTIFIERS

CCR ID

NAACCR ID

E1344

1296

DESCRIPTION

Number of Regional Lymph Nodes identified in the pathology report during surgical procedure for cases diagnosed prior to January 1, 2003.

LEVELS

Tumors, Admissions

LENGTH

2

ALLOWABLE VALUES

er191 RX Summ--Reg LN Examined

Codes

00

No regional lymph nodes examined

01

One regional lymph node examined

02

Two regional lymph nodes examined

 

90

Ninety or more regional lymph nodes examined

95

No regional lymph node(s) removed but aspiration of regional lymph node(s) was performed.

96

Regional lymph node removal documented as a sampling and number of lymph nodes unknown/not stated

97

Regional lymph node removal documented as dissection and number of lymph nodes unknown/not stated

98

Regional lymph nodes surgically removed but number of lymph nodes unknown/not stated and not documented as sampling or dissection

99

Unknown; not stated; death certificate only

Blank

Date of Diagnosis is on or after January 1, 2003

SOURCE

Upload with no conversion.

UPDATE

Tumor Level

New Case Consolidation

See RX Date--Surgery, Update, New Case Consolidation requirements.

Manual change--may require change to RX Summ-Scope Reg LN Sur

Admission Level

Manual change or Correction Applied--may require change to RX Summ-Scope Reg LN Sur

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes

INTERFIELD EDITS

IF423 Scope LN Sum 98-02, LN Exam Summ

IF468 RX Summ--Reg LN Examined, Date Dx

IF606 Class of Case 00

IF1144: Class of Case 20-22, Treatment

HISTORICAL CHANGES

1/1/98 Transp Endo HospNewdata item. Cases prior to 1/1/98 will have codes generated usingACoS'96-'98 specifications
3/26/03 This data item is no longer required for cases diagnosed January 1, 2003 forward. Information regarding the number of lymph nodes has been incorporated into the Scope_LN_Sum fields. Cases prior to January 1, 2003 will continue to be coded to meet SEER requirements. Removed Interfield edit 1) and Inter-record edits as they related to Surg_LN_EX_Proc. Removed references to Surg_LN_EX_Proc in update logic. Blank is an allowable value. Made Update logic pertain to cases diagnosed prior to January 1, 2003.
8/27/03 Added Interfield Edit (Err #468).
3/3/04 Rewrote Update logic. Corrected Type to X. Cases will be converted to blank for cases diagnosed 2003 and forward.
2010 Data Changes: CCR name (Surg_LN_EX_Sum) changed to NAACCR name.