Lymph Nodes Distant Assessment Method (Cervix (V9 2021+))

Organization	Field Name	ID#	ID Name	Required

Organization	Field Name	ID#	ID Name	Required
KCR	LN Distant Assessment Method	34071	LNDistantAssessment	yes
SEER	Lymph Nodes Distant Assessment Method	3874	lnDistantAssessMethod	yes

Note 1 Physician Statement

Physician statement of Mediastinal and Scalene assessment method can be used to code this data item when no other information is available.

Note 2 Related data item

The status of the lymph nodes is recorded in the related data item 3875 LN Distant Mediastinal, Scalene.

Code	Description

Code	Description
0	Radiography, imaging (Ultrasound (US), computed tomography scan (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography scan (PET))

Physical exam only|

1	Incisional biopsy; fine needle aspiration (FNA)
2	Lymphadenectomy Excisional biopsy or resection with microscopic confirmation
7	Distant lymph node(s) assessed, unknown assessment method
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 Distant lymph node(s) not assessed or unknown if assessed