schacon
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I need help finding a diagnosis for spindle cell neoplasm for a biopsy of the skin right shin.
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Wiki Diagnosis help
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thomas7331
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I don't think you have enough information here to assign a code - you would need to know if the neoplasm is malignant, benign, uncertain behavior, etc. Do you have a copy of the report or can you give the text of the physician's interpretation of the pathology?
schacon
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Hi, here is a copy of the report.
thomas7331
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By my reading of this, the pathologist is unable to determine definitively if this is a benign or malignant lesion. Since they have identified it as a neoplasm, I would code it as a neoplasm of uncertain behavior and use ICD-10 code D48.5.