Collaborative Stage

Collaborative Stage for TNM 7 - Revised 12/10/2009 [ Schema ]

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

Note: Includes ipsilateral level I and II axillary plus intramammary. Code the assessment used for the number of positive axillary lymph nodes SSF3 (Number of positive axillary lymph nodes).

Code	Description
000	No ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes were positive
010	Only clinical assessment showed positive nodes
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
988	Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
998	Nodes positive, but method of assessment unknown
999	Unknown or no information Not documented in patient record