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Don’t Sit on the Fence With This Borderline Ovarian Cancer Dx

Published on Tue Aug 24, 2021

Question: The pathology report for our patient being investigated for ovarian cancer mentions “Serous tumor of low malignant potential (atypical proliferative serous tumor of ovary).” Can we report code C56.- for this diagnosis? Florida Subscriber Answer: Low malignant potential tumors are also known as borderline tumors according to the American Cancer Society (Source: www.cancer.org/cancer/ovarian-cancer/treating/low-malignant-potential.html), and as such, cannot be [...]
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