You Be the Coder:
Understand Etiology, Code This Cancer Correctly
Published on Mon Mar 27, 2023
Question: What is the correct way to code a mediastinal mass? When I look up mass in the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index, I am led to R22.2, which describes a mass of the chest or trunk. But the R22 codes are for the skin and subcutaneous (SQ) tissue, and mediastinal masses are deeper than that. My knowledge of anatomy and physiology (A&P) [...]