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Wiki Colon cancer specificity

Thread starter snowfall
Start date Nov 17, 2016

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snowfall

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Nov 17, 2016

In ICD-9, when the diagnosis is colon cancer without further specificity and the patient had a left hemicolectomy would you code 153.2 or the unspecified 153.9? Does the site/area of the colon have to be specifically documented or can you code 153.2 because of the treatment procedure?

I've had two different answers to this question today and need a tiebreaker.

Thanks.

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