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Heed This Advice for Correct Kaposi Sarcoma Coding

Published on Tue Jan 24, 2023

Hint: Code to location, not to etiology. Few of us knew about Kaposi sarcoma (KS) until the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic of the mid-1980s. At that point, KS became synonymous with AIDS/HIV patients, though that population was not the only one affected by the condition, which causes tumors or lesions to appear on the skin, mucous [...]
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