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Reconsider Code Choice When Recurrent Dx Questionable

Published on Mon Jul 26, 2021

Question: A patient who received treatment from our provider for endometrial cancer two years ago returned to our practice, and our provider documented recurrent endometrial adenocarcinoma to the vaginal cuff, stage 1A. Do I document this as metastatic process of endometrial to the vaginal cuff (C79.82) given that it’s recurring at the vaginal cuff, or should it be documented as [...]
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