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Get Personal With This Genetic Cancer Susceptibility Dx

Published on Thu Jun 24, 2021

Question: What is the most appropriate ICD-10-CM code for CHEK2 mutation? As the mutation increases the hereditary risk of breast cancer, would you use a family history code? Or, as the mutation is not as likely to cause breast cancer as the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, is there another code I should use? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: In this encounter, [...]
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