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Submit Diagnosis Codes For both Secondary and Primary Carcinoma

Published on Wed Mar 12, 2014

Question: How can we report the diagnosis for bone metastasis in a patient who has Merkel cell carcinoma?. Answer: For bone metastasis, you report ICD-9 code 198.5 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone and bone marrow). This code applies for metastasis of bone and bone marrow. ICD-10 options: When reporting bone metastasis in ICD-10, you have specific codes for bone and bone marrow. [...]
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