LOINC long common name : Collaborative staging lymph nodes Cancer;
LOINC short name : CS LN Cancer;
LOINC description : This belongs to the set of Collaborative Staging (CS) data items effective with 2004
diagnosis. It is based on and replaces EOD--Lymph Node Involv [810]. This modification
for CS is collapsible into AJCC N code according to the sixth edition of AJCC Cancer
Staging Manual. CS Lymph Nodes is site-specific and identifies the regional lymph
nodes involved with cancer at the time of diagnosis. Site-specific codes provide extensive
detail describing disease extent. CS Lymph Nodes is used to derive the Derived AJCC
N [2960], Derived AJCC Stage Group [3000], Derived SS1977 [3010], and Derived SS2000
[3020] codes. .. NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11;