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Question--The patient had a lumpectomy 3 years ago for breast cancer, the IM doctor is treating the patient with Arimidex and will continue to do so for 5more years. The patient does not currently have breast cancer, a recurrence of breast cancer, or metastasis per the provider. The provider and the medical director say if a patient is on arimidex, femara or tamoxifen, they are receiving treatment for breast ca and can be coded as such and not history of.
Many of us disagree with the ruling and would like to hear your feedback on this and if you have any specific resources outside of the normal ones that can provide reference either supporting this ruling or supporting our opinion that it should be coded as personal history of.
Many of us disagree with the ruling and would like to hear your feedback on this and if you have any specific resources outside of the normal ones that can provide reference either supporting this ruling or supporting our opinion that it should be coded as personal history of.