Organization

Field Name

ID

Required

KCR

LN Status Femoral-Inguinal

34134

yes 

SEER

LN Status: Femoral-Inguinal

3959

yes 

Note 1 Physician statement of the femoral-inguinal status can be used to code this data item when no other information is available.

Note 2 The following are femoral-inguinal nodes

  • Femoral
  • Inguinal, NOS
    + Inguinofemoral (groin)
    + Node of Cloquet or Rosenmuller (highest deep inguinal)
    + Superficial inguinal

Note 3 If there is no mention of femoral-inguinal lymph node involvement in the area being imaged, biopsied, or in the surgical field and there is no mention of involvement, then assume that the femoral-inguinal lymph nodes are negative.

Note 4 For this data item, do not include isolated tumor cells (ITCs).

Note 5 If there is no imaging, biopsy, or surgical work up, code 9.

Note 6 The assessment method is recorded in LN Assessment Method Femoral-Inguinal (NAACCR Data Item #3871)

LN Status Femoral-Inguinal

Description

0

Negative femoral-inguinal lymph nodes

1

Positive femoral-inguinal lymph nodes

8

Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
(If this information is required by your standard setter, use of code 8 may result in an edit error.)

9

Not documented in medical record
Femoral-Inguinal lymph node(s) not assessed or unknown if assessed