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I'm new at oncology coding. If a doctor documents that based on exam and CT scan, pt may have "bening pancreatic mass", would it get added as an ICD-9 code? If, so, would it be coded as bening neoplasm, pancreas? Or unspecified disease of pancreas? Thanks.
 
Profee coding does not allow us to select Dx codes for maybe's, probable's, could be's, rule outs. So you wouldn't code the benign pancreatic mass you would code the sign or symptom or finding. You could do abnormal findings on CT and the symptom such as ab pain or abdominal mass/pancreatic mass.
 
We can not code possible, probably, likely, rule-out and so forth on outpatient claims.
You would want to use abnormal CT scan, followed by the pancreatic mass or other signs and symptoms for it.
Kimberly, CPC, CPC-H, CHONC:)
 
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