JM.Geyer
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I'm in the need of some coding help. I have a scenerio where a pt comes in and the dictated note states pt was found to have a villous adenoma in the cecum. Then a year later pt had underwent a right hemicholectomy, which revealed the presence of a moderatley differentiated adenocarcinoma arising in a tubulovillous adenoma. I coded this out a 154.3 and 197.8. Now pt is presenting to us denials from her insurance because we didn't use the code 154.0. Should I have used the 154.0 or was I correct in coding the way I did.
Any help would be very helpful.
Any help would be very helpful.