Pathology/Lab Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Behavior Drives Tumor Dx
Published on Wed Mar 11, 2020
Question: The pathologist diagnosed a specimen as a pineocytoma. Which ICD-10 code should I report?
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Answer: A pineocytoma is a benign tumor of the pineal gland. You should report the diagnosis as D35.4 (Benign neoplasm of pineal gland).
Pineal gland: The pineal gland, or pineal body, is a small endocrine gland located between the two cerebral hemispheres. The is responsible for melatonin production, which plays an important role in circadian rhythms and sleep.
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