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Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

Malignancy and Lymph Node Involvement

Published on Mon Feb 03, 2014

According to the journal American Family Physicians, lymphadenopathy is defined as an abnormality in the size or character of lymph nodes. This may be caused by the invasion or propagation of either inflammatory cells or neoplastic cells into the nodes. Malignancy is one of the causes of lymphadenopathy or lymphadenitis. Cancers that commonly involve or spread to the lymph nodes [...]
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