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Code for Primary and Metastatic Foci

Published on Mon Nov 11, 2013

Question: Our oncologist has documented a primary lung cancer along with lung metastasis. Can we code for the lung metastasis along with the primary cancer in the lung?. Ohio Subscriber Answer: When your oncologist documents a primary neoplasm in the lung, you report 162.3 (Malignant neoplasm of upper lobe bronchus or lung), 162.4 (Malignant neoplasm of middle lobe bronchus or [...]
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