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Tumor Tip of the Week: 10-6-2023 NAACCR Recommended Abbreviations and Acronyms
Scenario: Abstractor documented this in text “59 YOAIWF” Question: What does YOAIWF mean???? Year Old American Institute of Wine & Food Year Old Allied Independent

Tumor Tip of the Week-09-28-2023 Clearing up Confusion on LVI -Thyroid and Adrenal vs All Other Primaries
Scenario #1 Colon Resection: Lymphovascular Invasion: Large vessel (venous), extramural Scenario#2 Thyroidectomy: Angioinvasion (Vascular Invasion): Present Lymphatic Invasion: Not Identified Question: How will you Code

Tumor Tip of the Week-09-22-2023 New Instructions for SSDI FIGO
Scenario:2023 TAH, BSO unsuccessful lymph node mapping and comprehensive staging not performed -Endometrial adenocarcinoma, endometrioid type limited to endometrium (30%) depth of myometrial invasion (FIGO

Tumor Tip of the Week-09-15-2023 Update to 2018 EOD Manual/EOD Primary Tumor-Bladder
Scenario: 2023 Operative Text: TURB: 6cm Right Lateral wall papillary tumor. Both superficial and deep resections were performed with the attempt to obtain muscle in

Tumor Tip of the Week-09-01-2023 Breast SSDI’s No Longer Required
Scenario: Abstracting infiltrating breast case diagnosed in 2023. Per the SSDI manual the below fields are no longer required for 2023. My facility also decided

Tumor tip of the Week-Testis Primary Site 8-25-2023
Scenario: Presented to ER w/ testicular pain swelling. Physical Exam: Large fixed mass left testicle, No lymphadenopathy appreciated US Scrotum: 0.5cm area in the left