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Coding for Spinal Accessory Nerve Neoplasm

Published on Wed Sep 20, 2017

Question: Our physician documented a diagnosis of neoplasm in the spinal accessory nerve. What is the most appropriate ICD-10 code that we can submit for this diagnosis? Arkansas Subscriber Answer: You do not have a definitive code for neoplasms in the spinal accessory nerves. For a malignant neoplasm originating in the spinal accessory nerve, you submit code C72.59 (Malignant neoplasm of other [...]
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