California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

Regional Nodes Examined

IDENTIFIERS

CCR ID

NAACCR ID

E1140

830

DESCRIPTION

Records the total number of regional lymph nodes that were removed and examined by the pathologist.  Beginning with tumors diagnosed on or after January 1, 2004, this item is a component of the Collaborative Stage system.

LEVELS

Admissions, Tumors

LENGTH

2

ALLOWABLE VALUES

ER080 Regional Nodes 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/notstated

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

SOURCE

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Also see CS Version Derived.Tumor Level

UPDATE

New Case Consolidation

If ALL of the following conditions are true:

the admission’s Regional Nodes Positive is NOT blank

the admission’s Regional Nodes Examined is NOT blank  

the tumor’s Regional Nodes Positive is blank

the tumor’s Regional Nodes Examined is blank  

Then automatically update the tumor’s Regional Nodes Positive and Examined with the admission’s Regional Nodes Positive and Examined

Otherwise, if the admission’s Regional Nodes Positive and Examined <> the tumor’s Regional Nodes Positive and Examined, then list for review

Manual Update

Admission Level

Manual Update

Correction/Update Applied

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes, extract from tumor.

INTERFIELD EDITS

IF647 Death Certificate, Reg Nodes Exam

IF656 Reg Nodes Exam-Pos, Hist Type 3

IF657 Reg Nodes Exam-Pos, Primary Site, County at Dx

IF662 Reg Nodes Exam-Pos, Date of Diagnosis

IF700 CS Reg Nodes Ex, Pos, Site, Hist ICDO3, Report

IF796 CS Lymph Node Eval, Nodes Ex

IF1103 CS Lymph Nodes, Lymph Nodes Eval, RNP

HISTORICAL CHANGES

3/16/98 Converted codes 90-97 to code 90 due to redefinition of allowable values.
1/1/99 Replaced item edit with DATE-DX interfield edit check; adjusted other applicable interfield edits to check DATE-DX too.
7/6/01 Added HIST-TYPE-3 reference to interfield edits.
3/26/03 Removed Region 1/8 and Region 9 specific logic in IF #700.
3/3/04 Updated CCR Data Extract to only include Tumor Files. Updated IF 700 and added a new logic for Regional Nodes Examined= 95 and Regional Nodes Examined=01-90.
1/8/07 Simplified Update logic to list for review both Nodes Pos and Nodes Exam if values are different.
2010 Data Changes: