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Pinpoint Bladder Specimen Coding

Published on Mon Nov 08, 2021

Question: Our pathologist received several “shave” tissue slices from a bladder TURBT procedure, with one slice inked and identified as “deep margin.” The pathologist diagnosed low grade urothelial carcinoma stage 1 because the deep margin showed invasion into the lamina propria but no involvement of the muscle of the bladder wall. How should we code this case? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: [...]
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