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Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

Condition Spotlight:

Code These Encounters and Document Cancer and Anemia Accurately

Published on Wed Nov 24, 2021

Which code comes first? Let ICD-10-CM guidelines lead the way. Anemia and cancer go hand-in-hand. In patients suffering from cancers such as lymphoma, leukemia, and myeloma, the cancer causes the anemia, as the affected bone marrow decreases blood cell production, or the blood cells are weakened to the point where they no longer help the immune system fight off infection. [...]
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