Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

Now that you’ve reviewed our sample note on page 28, check out these coding quiz answers to see how you fared.

1. To code the malignant melanoma of the lip, you’d report C43.0 (Malignant melanoma of lip).

2. The benign neoplasm of the right breast would be reported with D24.1 (Benign neoplasm of right breast).

3. To report carcinoma in situ of the bladder, you’ll submit D09.0 (Carcinoma in situ of bladder).

4. You’ll turn to the “Z” codes here, reporting Z51.11 (Encounter for antineoplastic chemotherapy).

5. Here you’ll report C53.0 (Malignant neoplasm of endocervix) to describe the cancer.

6. For the liver cancer, you’ll report C22.9 (Malignant neoplasm of liver, not specified as primary or secondary).

7. You’ll report C02.0 (Malignant neoplasm of dorsal surface of tongue) for the tongue cancer.

8. The code for the lung cancer would be C34.2 (Malignant neoplasm of middle lobe, bronchus or lung).

9. First, you’ll report C18.9 (Malignant neoplasm of colon, unspecified) for the colon cancer, followed by C78.01 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of right lung) for the lung cancer.

10. You’ll report C19 (Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction) for this condition.

11. For the secondary liver cancer, you should report C78.7 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile duct).

12. The appropriate code for palliative care is Z51.5 (Encounter for palliative care).