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Discover the Trick to Coding Skull Lesions

Published on Fri Oct 22, 2021

Question: A 72-year-old patient was referred to our radiology practice to have an MRI without contrast performed on their brain. The patient is diagnosed with stage IIIb lung cancer in the hilar region and the order is to check if the cancer has metastasized to the brain. The radiologist found no indication of cancer in the brain tissue, but they [...]
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