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ICD-10:

Zero In on DCIS and 'History' Reporting

Published on Wed Nov 06, 2013

Z86.000 beats V13.8 for specificity. You won’t be lumping ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) with all in situ breast cancers once ICD-10 goes into effect Oct. 1, 2014. Unlike ICD-9, the new code set gives you several specific codes for DCIS, as well as one specific code for history of DCIS. That’s something to keep in mind when your pathologist [...]
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