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Look to This Symptom Code for Unconfirmed Lung Mass

Published on Thu Jun 24, 2021

Question: A patient with a history of pancreatic adenocarcinoma had a lung mass, which could possibly be either metastatic pancreatic cancer or primary lung cancer. However, pathology could not confirm either after a biopsy. How should this be coded? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: As the lung biopsy did not document a confirmed diagnosis, you would code the lung mass with [...]
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