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03-27-2012, 07:14 AM

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sentinel lymph node

A patient has a previous history of breast CA. The patient has a biopsy of a sentinal lymph node that has metastatic carcinoma. Would you assign 1963 as the ICD9? Any help appreciated.

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03-27-2012, 09:33 AM

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Yes 196.3 is correct. I would also use v10.3

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