Tonyj
True Blue
If documentation states lung mass is it feasible to use 235.7 (neoplasm uncertain behavior) or 786.6? What is the standard for using neoplasm when mass is dictated in the reports?
If you look in the codebook just above category 239 you will see that the instruction states that the term "mass" is not to be regarded as a neoplastic diagnosis, therefore do not use the 239 codes , use the symptom of lung mass until the provide can document a tumor or growth, which is generally done after a preliminary study.