Collaborative Stage for TNM 7 - Revised 06/30/2011  [ Schema ]

Breast

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

CodeDescription
000No ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes positive
010No nodes examined pathologically: positive nodes on clinical assessment only
015No nodes examined pathologically: negative nodes on clinical assessment or no clinical assessment
020Positive fine needle aspiration (FNA) only
025Positive fine needle aspiration (FNA)
AND negative lymph node dissection
027Positive fine needle aspiration (FNA)
AND positive lymph node dissection
030Positive core biopsy, incisional only
040Positive core biopsy, excisional only
050Positive core biopsy, type not specified only
060Positive core biopsy(ies) (incisional, excisional, NOS)
AND negative lymph node dissection
070Positive core biopsy(ies) (incisional, excisional, NOS)
AND positive lymph node dissection
100Positive sentinel lymph node biopsy(ies) only
(no lymph node dissection)
110Positive sentinel lymph node biopsy(ies)
AND negative lymph node dissection
120Positive sentinel lymph node biopsy(ies)
AND positive lymph node dissection
123Positive lymph node dissection only
(No sentinel node biopsy or FNA or core biopsy)
125Positive lymph node dissection
AND negative FNA
127Positive lymph node dissection
AND negative core biopsy(ies) (incisional, excisional, NOS)
130Positive lymph node dissection
AND negative sentinel node biospsy(ies)
140OBSOLETE DATA RETAINED V0204
No sentinel node biopsy 
AND positive lymph node dissection
150Nodes positive, but method of assessment unknown
988Not 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.)
998OBSOLETE DATA CONVERTED V0203
See code 150

Nodes positive, but method of assessment unknown
999Unknown or no information
Not documented in patient record