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Oncology/Hematology Coding:

Heed This Guideline for Complications Treatment Coding

Published on Fri Mar 07, 2025

Question: We had a patient come in suffering from nausea and vomiting; they have cervical cancer and are awaiting chemotherapy. They were given treatment for nausea, and our provider listed their final diagnoses for the encounter as nausea, vomiting, and cervical cancer. In this situation, should nausea and vomiting be coded as primary? Or, because nausea and vomiting are signs [...]
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