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Capture Special Stains and Metastasis for Proper Coding

Published on Wed May 10, 2017

Question: Our pathologist examined a liver biopsy, evaluating H&E stained tissue for morphology to help distinguish metastatic carcinoma from primary hepatocellular carcinoma. The pathologist also evaluated a mucicarmine stain. Based on morphology and observation of focal mucin production, the pathologist diagnosed the patient with breast cancer, metastatic to the liver. The patient is not under current treatment for breast cancer. How [...]
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