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Code Neoplasm Based On Specific Location

Published on Thu Sep 21, 2023

Question: Our surgeon performed a breast biopsy from the “central portion” of the breast. For ICD-10-CM code C50.1-, what constitutes the “central portion” of the breast? [...]
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