Ipsilateral adrenal gland involvement pertains to direct extension of the tumor into the ipsilateral adrenal gland (continuous) or ipsilateral adrenal gland involvement by a separate nodule (noncontiguous).

Ipsilateral adrenal gland involvement for Kidney is a Registry Data Collection Variable in AJCC. It was previously collected as Kidney, CS SSF #3.

Item #	Length	Source of Standard	Year Implemented	Version Implemented	Year Retired	Version Retired
3861	1	NAACCR	2018	18

0	Ipsilateral adrenal gland involvement not present/not identified
1	Adrenal gland involvement by direct involvement (contiguous involvement)
2	Adrenal gland involvement by separate nodule (noncontiguous involvement)
3	Combination of code 1-2
4	Ipsilateral adrenal gland involvement, unknown if direct involvement or separate nodule
8	Not applicable: Information not collected for this case (If this information is required by your standard setter, use of code 8 may result in an edit error.)
9	Not documented in medical record Ipsilateral adrenal gland not resected Ipsilateral adrenal gland involvement not assessed or unknown if assessed No surgical resection of primary site is performed

Each Site-Specific Data Item (SSDI) applies only to selected primary sites, histologies, and years of diagnosis. Depending on applicability and standard-setter requirements, SSDIs may be left blank.