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Tumor Tip of the Week 01-10-2025 EIN Staging-revised instructions!

01-10-2025 EIN Staging-revised instructions! Scenario 72 yo female presented to physician with post-menopausal bleeding 1/4/2025 Transvaginal US was done which revealed a large, 9.7 cm,

  • Omega Healthcare
  • 10 January

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Tumor Tip of the Week- 01-03-2025 Date of Regional Lymph Node Dissection-Examples of When to Fill in or Leave Blank

01-03-2025 Date of Regional Lymph Node Dissection-Examples of When to Fill in or Leave Blank Scenario Scenario Date of Regional Lymph Node Dissection Reference: STORE

  • Omega Healthcare
  • 06 January

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Tumor Tip of the Week-12-13-2024 Radiation Treatment Volume

Scenario: 2/23/24 Spinal CT with expansile lesion in the sacrum measuring 5.0 cm with innumerable lytic lesions throughout the skeleton concerning for myeloma 2/29/24 Sacral

  • Omega Healthcare
  • 23 December

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Tumor Tip of the Week 12-13-2024 Which is Preferred BLANK or 99 in Path Stage Group Field When Case Does Not Meet Eligibility for Path Stage

Scenario: Patient diagnosed with clinical cT1 cN0 cM0 Stage 1 cancer, no surgical resection of primary site is done. No biopsy of metastatic site is

  • ramsankar
  • 12 December

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12-06-2024 Coding Cystoprostatectomy for Bladder Cancer

Scenario: 2024 Diagnosed with Bladder Cancer treated with Radical Cystoprostatectomy with ileal conduit conversion Question: How would you code the Primary surgery code? A600 Complete

  • Omega Healthcare
  • 06 December

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Tumor Tip of the Week-11-22-2024 Endocrine Procedures

Scenario: 2024 Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, treated with surgery.  Patient found to be BRCA1 positive, thus recommended to have a Risk Reducing Bilateral Salpingo Oophorectomy,

  • Omega Healthcare
  • 25 November