This belongs to the set of Collaborative Staging (CS) data items effective with 2004 diagnosis. "CS Reg Node Eval" records how the code for the item "CS Lymph Nodes" [2830] was determined based on the diagnostic methods employed. This data item is used in CS to identify whether the N (of AJCC TNM) was clinically or pathologically diagnosed and by what method "CS Reg Nodes Eval" is used to derive the Derived AJCC N Descriptor [2970]. .. NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
Collaborative staging regional nodes evaluation
property
Prid = Presence or identity: Prid stands for “Presence or identity”, is used for assays that detect whether or not an analyte of a particular kind is present, and if it is, to identify the specific analyte.
time
Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system
Cancer.XXX
scale
Nom = Nominal: Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
method
Additional Names
short name
Assessment; CA; CS; CS reg node eval; Eval; H&P; History and physical; Identity or presence; Misc; Miscellaneous; Nominal; Oncology; Other; Point in time; Random; Spec; To be specified in another part of the message; TUMOR REGISTRY(NAACCR); Unspecified
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