Collaborative Stage

Collaborative Stage for TNM 7 - Revised 11/12/2010 [ Schema ]

CS Site-Specific Factor 19
Assessment of Positive Ipsilateral Axillary Lymph Nodes

Note: Code the assessment method used for the number of positive axillary and intramammary lymph nodes coded in CS 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.

Code	Description
000	No ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes positive
010	Positive nodes on clinical assessment only
020	Positive fine needle aspiration (FNA) only
030	Positive core biopsy, incisional
040	Positive core biopsy, excisional
050	Positive core biopsy, type not specified
100	Positive sentinel lymph node biopsy(ies) AND 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
130	Negative sentinel node biopsy(ies) AND positive lymph node dissection
140	No sentinel node biopsy AND positive lymph node dissection
150	Nodes positive, but method of assessment unknown
988	Not applicable: Information not collected for this case (If this information is required by your standard setter, use of code 988 may result in an edit error.)
998	OBSOLETE DATA CONVERTED V0203 See code 150 Nodes positive, but method of assessment unknown
999	Unknown or no information Not documented in patient record