Lymph Nodes Distant: Mediastinal, Scalene
Description
This data item describes the status of Distant (mediastinal, scalene) nodes associated with certain female genital cancers. In addition to assigning the N categories for vulva, vagina, and cervical cancers, the collection of specific lymph nodes and how they were assessed is important. * Status refers to positive or negative involvement * Assessment is the method by which the nodal status was determined There are 3 related data items that collect status information on regional lymph nodes, 1 data item for distant lymph nodes, and 1 data item for laterality. The LN status data items collect the individual status (positive, negative, unknown) involvement of femoral-inguinal, para-aortic, and pelvic lymph nodes, and distant lymph nodes mediastinal and scalene. These related data items include * 3957: LN Status: Pelvic * 3958: LN Status: Para-Aortic * 3959: LN Status: Femoral-Inguinal * 3875: LN Distant: Mediastinal, ScaleneNotes
**Note 1:** **Physician Statement** * Physician statement of mediastinal and scalene nodal status can be used to code this data item when no other information is available. **Note 2:** **Related data item** * The assessment method is recorded in the related data item 3874: LN Distant Assessment Method.| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Negative mediastinal and scalene lymph nodes Non-invasive neoplasm (behavior /2) |
| 1 | Positive mediastinal lymph nodes |
| 2 | Positive scalene lymph nodes |
| 3 | Positive mediastinal and scalene lymph nodes |
| 8 | Not applicable: Information not collected for this case (If this item is required by your standard setter, use of code 8 will result in an edit error.) |
| 9 | Not documented in medical record Mediastinal and scalene lymph node(s) not assessed or unknown if assessed |