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ICD-10 Coding:

Can You Code These Polyp Scenarios?

Published on Tue Dec 22, 2020

Hint: Your first step is to distinguish non-neoplastic from neoplastic polyps. Colon polyps are among the most common diagnoses that gastroenterologists see, particularly when performing colonoscopies. In some cases, they are neoplastic (most typically, adenoma), which means an abnormal growth has occurred and there’s a potential for malignancy, and in others, they are non-neoplastic, which are typically comprised of normal [...]
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