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Endometrial Thickening

Published on Wed Dec 01, 1999

Question: What is the diagnosis code for endometrial thickening?

Shari Owen
Center for Ob/Gyn, NY

Answer: Endometrial thickening would be coded with 621.3 (endometrial cystic heperplasia; hyperplasia [adenomatuous] [cystic] [glandular] of endometrium; hyperplastic endometritis) because the code includes hyperplasia of endometrium.

Hyperplasia is the abnormal multiplication or increase in the number of normal cells in normal arrangement in a tissue (Dorlands Illustrated Medical Dictionary).
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