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ICD-10-CM Coding:

Take 3 Steps to Be Certain With Uncertain/Unspecified Code Choices

Published on Tue Jan 24, 2023

Know why the distinction goes beyond the correct dx. Of all the choices oncology coders have to make when assigning a diagnosis code to a patient’s suspected neoplasm, none is more difficult than knowing when to use an uncertain behavior or an unspecified behavior code. For example, suppose an area of a patient’s skin is excised and biopsied, and the [...]
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