cgifford
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I work for a dermatologist. The office was of the understanding that you code your BX as d48.5, Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin. My thought is to wait until the bx results are in and to code it for what it is. The physician doesn't think we should do that because at the time the bx was perform the diagnosis was D48.5 (uncertain behavior) Unsure on what the right thing to do is, can we legally bill a visit for example 10/01/2015 with a dx we actually didn't receive until 10/03/2015???? any help of where I can find this answer in black and white would be great.