Trendale
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Hi,
I am trying to figure out if invasive means metastasis( secondary) or primay.
The path reports states:
INVASIVE squamous cell carcinoma for the RT arm arm, invading 0.5cm,
And, Squamous carcinoma left distal arm, invading 0.1cm
And, squamous carcinoma, invading 0.1cm, left upper arm
Does the path report has to state metastatic in order to code it as secondary or is invasive another term for metastatic?
Should the above be coded as 173.6 or 198.2?
I know Invasive SCC refers to cancer cells that have grown into the deeper layers of the skin, the dermis, However does this constitute metastatic dz?
Thanks in advance!
I am trying to figure out if invasive means metastasis( secondary) or primay.
The path reports states:
INVASIVE squamous cell carcinoma for the RT arm arm, invading 0.5cm,
And, Squamous carcinoma left distal arm, invading 0.1cm
And, squamous carcinoma, invading 0.1cm, left upper arm
Does the path report has to state metastatic in order to code it as secondary or is invasive another term for metastatic?
Should the above be coded as 173.6 or 198.2?
I know Invasive SCC refers to cancer cells that have grown into the deeper layers of the skin, the dermis, However does this constitute metastatic dz?
Thanks in advance!
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