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Specify Nerve in Cranial Neoplasm Dx

Published on Tue Aug 25, 2020

Question: The physician documents that the patient has a malignant neoplasm of her right olfactory nerve. Which ICD-10 code should we report for this condition? Wisconsin Subscriber Answer: You should report C72.21 (Malignant neoplasm of right olfactory nerve). Reporting for malignant neoplasms in the cranial nerves can be challenging because there are 12 cranial nerves. However, you don’t have a [...]
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