Data Last Updated: June 9, 2025

Lymph Nodes Head and Neck Other

Description

Lymph Nodes for Head and Neck, Other records the involvement of lymph nodes other than Levels I-III, IV-V, and VI-VII. This data item is used to code the presence or absence of lymph node involvement in head and neck levels I-III. The definitions of the levels are the same for all applicable head and neck sites. **Other head and neck lymph nodes**: * Cervical, NOS; deep cervical (NOS), facial, buccinator (buccal), infraauricular, internal jugular (NOS), intraparotid, mandibular, nasolabial, parapharyngeal, parotid, periparotid, preauricular, retroauricular (mastoid), retropharyngeal, suboccipital

Notes

**Note 1:** **Physician Statement** * Physician statement of other head and neck lymph node involvement can be used to code this data item when no other information is available. **Note 2:** **Related data items** * 3876: LN Head and Neck Levels I-III * 3877: LN Head and Neck Levels IV-V * 3878: LN Head and Neck Levels VI-VII * 3879: LN Head and Neck Other **Note 3:** **Priority order** * Pathological information takes priority over clinical.
Code Description
0 No involvement in other head and neck lymph node regions
Non-invasive neoplasm (behavior /2)
1 Buccinator (facial) lymph node(s) involved
2 Parapharyngeal lymph node(s) involved
3 Periparotid and intraparotid lymph node(s) involved
4 Preauricular lymph node(s) involved
5 Retropharyngeal lymph node(s) involved
6 Suboccipital/retroauricular lymph node(s) involved
7 Any combination of codes 1-6
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
Positive nodes, but level of positive node(s) unknown
Other Head and Neck lymph nodes not assessed, or unknown if assessed