ONCOLOGY CODING EXPERT NEEDED!!!
As an auditor for a physician group, I have been getting complaints about the coding of secondary cancer(s). I have reviewed a few of the other threads here, stating that if secondary site is coded, primary should be coded as well.
I used to teach coding & I recall that the primary site--regardless if it is active or not (Hx of)--should ALWAYS be coded along with the secondary. In contrast, under secondary malignancies in the ICD-9, there are no annotations stating that primary site need be coded. Any truth to my recollection? Or to the contrary?
Is there any deeming oncology authority/expert/website that I can use as a frame of reference for my physicians?
Thanks.
As an auditor for a physician group, I have been getting complaints about the coding of secondary cancer(s). I have reviewed a few of the other threads here, stating that if secondary site is coded, primary should be coded as well.
I used to teach coding & I recall that the primary site--regardless if it is active or not (Hx of)--should ALWAYS be coded along with the secondary. In contrast, under secondary malignancies in the ICD-9, there are no annotations stating that primary site need be coded. Any truth to my recollection? Or to the contrary?
Is there any deeming oncology authority/expert/website that I can use as a frame of reference for my physicians?
Thanks.
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