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Capture Hormone Testing for Breast Cancer Case

Published on Fri Mar 10, 2023

See how procedure date can alter coding. When your pathologist examines a breast specimen, you’ll often find that the treating physician requests multiple tests for hormone or protein markers that will impact treatment decisions. Study the following case to make sure you know what variables will impact your code selection. That’s how you can file clean claims and get all [...]
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