nbuck
Contributor
Hi there,
I work in a family practice office and recently had a case occur where the doctor looked at a "mole" and determined it to be a benign neoplasm by its appearance. For diagnosis coding, since the physician is certain it's benign, would you use the benign neoplasm code? Or since there wasn't a pathology report to confirm it was benign, would you use the neoplasm of uncertain behavior code?
Thanks in advance!
I work in a family practice office and recently had a case occur where the doctor looked at a "mole" and determined it to be a benign neoplasm by its appearance. For diagnosis coding, since the physician is certain it's benign, would you use the benign neoplasm code? Or since there wasn't a pathology report to confirm it was benign, would you use the neoplasm of uncertain behavior code?
Thanks in advance!