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Be Familiar with Chemo Side Effects to Accurately Code Reports
Published on Tue Dec 21, 2021
Question: A patient diagnosed with stage III lung cancer had a computed tomography (CT) scan of their lungs without contrast to evaluate the size of their tumor. The patient had a chemotherapy session two days prior and experienced vomiting following the treatment. What ICD-10-CM code(s) do I need to apply? Virginia Subscriber Answer: You’ll assign the code for the vomiting first, followed [...]