SITE SPECIFIC DATA ITEMS (SSDI)/ GRADE

Description

This data item describes the status of pelvic lymph nodes associated with certain female genital cancers. This data item describes the status of pelvic lymph 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, Scalene

Notes

**Note 1:** **Physician Statement** * Physician statement of pelvic status can be used to code this data item when no other information is available. **Note 2:** **Pelvic lymph nodes** * Iliac, NOS * Common * External * Internal (hypogastric) (obturator) * Paracervical * Parametrial * Pelvic, NOS * Sacral, NOS * Lateral (laterosacral) * Middle (promontorial) (Gerota’s node) * Uterosacral **Note 3:** **Isolated tumor cells** * For this data item, do not include isolated tumor cells (ITCs). **Note 4:** **Related data item** * The assessment method is recorded in the related data item 3873: LN Assessment Method Pelvic.