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D05.-- Expands Reporting Options for Breast Carcinoma in Situ

Published on Mon Jul 02, 2012

You'll need to know the type and the breast involved.If you want to see evidence that ICD-10 is often more specific than ICD-9 for the same diagnosis category, compare your coding options for carcinoma in situ of breast. ICD-9-CM Code233.0, Carcinoma in situ of breast ICD-10-CM CodesD05.00, Lobular carcinoma in situ of unspecified breastD05.01, ... right breastD05.02, ... left breastD05.10, Intraductal carcinoma in situ of unspecified breastD05.11, ... right breastD05.12, ... left breastD05.80, Other specified type of carcinoma in situ of unspecified breastD05.81, ... right breastD05.82, ... left breastD05.90, Unspecified type of carcinoma in situ of unspecified breastD05.91, ... right breastD05.92, ... left breast"Carcinoma in situ" refers to tumor cells undergoing malignant changes but not invading the surrounding tissue. ICD-9-CM coding rules: ICD-9 index entries point you to 233.0 for diagnoses including (noninfiltrating) intraductal papillary adenocarcinoma, intraductal carcinoma in situ, and lobular carcinoma in situ.ICD-10-CM changes: While ICD-9 provides just [...]
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