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Don't Restrict Yourself to 162.9 for Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Published on Thu Jun 26, 2014

Question: Should we submit separate diagnoses for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCL) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC)?  We currently only report 162.9. Is that incorrect? Georgia Subscriber Answer: No, you don’t need to submit separate diagnoses but should concentrate on specific tumor sites to accurately capture the code.  Lung cancer is classified into four primary types, depending upon how the cancerous [...]
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