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Convert 'Clock' to 'Quadrant' for Correct Breast Dx

Published on Tue Oct 10, 2017

Look up behavior first. When your pathologist evaluates a breast specimen, you don't have a prayer of assigning an accurate diagnosis code if you can't extract certain information from the path report. Use the following narrative diagnosis to master the steps you'll use to pick the correct breast ICD-10 code, every time: Diagnosis - 72 year old female patient, history [...]
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