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Neoplasm Coding:

Let Definitions, Deduction Direct ENT Neoplasm Dx Documentation

Published on Wed Dec 06, 2017

Understand anatomy and terms, code these cancers with precision. Neoplasm coding, especially coding ear, nose, and throat neoplasms, is one part science, one part art. As the table of neoplasms illustrates, says Lindsay Della Vella, COC, medical coding auditor at Precision Healthcare Management in Media, Pennsylvania, "coders need to take various factors into consideration when coding neoplasms of various behaviors, such [...]
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