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Tumor Tip of the Week 11-15-2024 Solid Tumor Rules 2025 Update
Scenario: 2024 TURBT: 3.5cm mass right lateral wall path show urothelial carcinoma & large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma Question: How would you code the histology? 8120/3
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Omega Healthcare
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18 November
Tumor Tip of the Week 1-08-2024 Microscopic vs Gross Extrathyroidal extension invading only strap muscles
Scenario: SCAN TEXT: 05/09/2024 Thyroid US- 3.5 cm nodule in Right thyroid lobe. No extrathyroidal mass or LAD. Impression: Dominate R thyroid nodule, mildly suspicious
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Omega Healthcare
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11 November
Tumor Tip of the Week 11-01-2024 Substantiate Your Coding -also means substantiating things not done or unknown
Scenario: Colon Cancer case and the CEA and MSI are in the medical record & documented in your lab text. KRAS, BRAF, NRAS were not
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Omega Healthcare
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04 November
Tumor Tip of the Week- 10-18-2024 EIN Staging
Scenario 72 yo female presented to physician with post-menopausal bleeding 6/21/2024 Transvaginal US was done which revealed a large, 9.7 cm, endometrial mass with differential
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Omega Healthcare
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18 October
Tumor Tip of the Week-cM1 pM1 without primary site surgery
10-04-2024 cM1 pM1 without primary site surgery Scenario 1: Path Proven Mets in Clinical Timeframe + Biopsy of Primary Site Colonoscopy biopsy rectum+ moderately differentiated
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Omega Healthcare
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05 October
Tumor Tip of the Week 09-27-2024 SSDI Ipsilateral Adrenal Gland Involvement
09-27-2024 SSDI Ipsilateral Adrenal Gland Involvement Situation Scenario SSDI Ipsilateral Gland Involvement Answer & Rationale Confined to the Kidney Patient has a Partial Nephrectomy, and
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Omega Healthcare
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30 September