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Here's Why You Need to Get Specific for Brain Tumor Coding

Published on Fri Nov 22, 2019

Discover what to do when your physician doesn’t document the site. Are you an expert at reporting brain tumor ICD-10-CM codes? Find out by checking your answers below: Answer 1: The correct option is c.) C71.3 When reporting a neoplasm in the brain, location is the key. ICD-10-CM provides specific codes for tumors in different lobes of the brain.  This means [...]
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