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10-29-2009, 11:51 AM

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metastatic carcinoma

Anyone know if I can use 199.1 malignant neoplasm, unspecified site to code for "metastatic carcinoma, unknown primary"? Please help. Thanks.

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10-29-2009, 12:43 PM

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Yes it is the one code that can go both ways, unknown primary or unknown secondary

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