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Is a tumour that has spread directly from a gastric primary into an adjacent regional lymph node coded in the T or N category?

April 26, 2017adjacent coded directly Gastric lymph node primary Regional spread Tumour

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Is a tumour that has spread directly from a gastric primary into an adjacent regional lymph node coded in the T or N category?

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N category. Direct spread into a regional lymph node is classified as lymph node metastasis; direct spread into an adjacent organ, e.g., the liver from a gastric primary, is recorded in the T classification. (See TNM 6th ed., p. 9.) 1.