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Research Ewing's Sarcoma Code
Published on Fri Apr 12, 2013
Question: Our patient has been diagnosed with soft tissue Ewing’s sarcoma of the left leg with no bone involvement. When I reference “Sarcoma, Ewing’s” in the alphabetic index, I’m directed to “see Neoplasm, bone, malignant” but our patient’s cancer is not of the bone. How should I code for him?
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