Extranodal Exten H&N Path (Major Salivary Glands)

Organization	Field Name	ID#	ID Name	Required

Organization	Field Name	ID#	ID Name	Required
KCR	Extranodal Extension Head and Neck Pathologi	34031	ENExtHeadNeckPath	yes
SEER	Extranodal Exten H&N Path	3832	extranodalExtensionHeadNeckPath	yes

Note 1 Physician Statement

Physician statement of extranodal extension (ENE) pathologically during a lymph node dissection or physician pathological stage indicating the absence or presence of ENE can be used to code this data item when no other information is available.

Note 2 Pathological assessment criteria

Code the status of ENE assessed on histopathologic examination of surgically resected involved regional lymph node(s)
Do not code ENE from a lymph node biopsy (FNA, core, incisional, or the absence of ENE from a sentinel)
Do not code ENE for any distant lymph nodes

Code	Description

Code	Description
0.0	Lymph nodes positive for cancer but ENE not identified or negative
0.1-9.9	ENE 0.1 to 9.9 mm
X.1	ENE 10 mm or greater
X.2	ENE microscopic, size unknown Stated as ENE (mi)
X.3	ENE major, size unknown Stated as ENE (ma)
X.4	ENE present, microscopic or major unknown, size unknown
X.7	Surgically resected regional lymph node(s) negative for cancer (pN0)
X.8	Not applicable: Information not collected for this case (If this information is required by your standard setter, use of code X.8 may result in an edit error)
X.9	Not documented in medical record No surgical resection of regional lymph node(s) Non-invasive neoplasm (behavior /2) ENE not assessed pathologically, or unknown if assessed Pathological assessment of lymph node(s) not done, or unknown if done

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