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Pathology/Lab Coding Alert

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Published on Mon Sep 04, 2017

Question: Two specimen containers arrived for diagnosis, the first containing tissue identified as an "umbilical hernia." The pathologist identified the contents of this container as an umbilical hernia sac, and a strangulated loop of small intestine, for which the pathology report documents separate evaluation and diagnosis. The surgeon identified the specimen in the second container as a large piece of dermal [...]
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