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Tumor Tip of the Week-07-19-2024 Pulse Check 2024 Abstracting

07-19-2024 Pulse Check 2024 Abstracting Most have started abstracting 2024 cases by now, just wanted to do a little check to make sure everyone has

  • Omega Healthcare
  • 19 July

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Tumor Tip of the Week 07-12-2024 Clear Cell Papillary Renal Cell Ca-do not use your drop-down menu

Scenario: 2024 RIGHT KIDNEY NEPHRECTOMY:   -CLEAR-CELL PAPILLARY RENAL CELL CARCINOMA Question: How would you code histology? 8260 Papillary renal cell carcinoma (C64.9) 8312 Renal cell

  • Omega Healthcare
  • 15 July

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Tumor Tip of the Week-06-28-2024 No DRE-No Clinical T, a cT BLANK is better than an assumption

06-28-2024 No DRE-No Clinical T, a cT BLANK is better than an assumption We have seen a trend where Urologists are not performing or not

  • Omega Healthcare
  • 28 June

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Tumor Tip of the Week- 06-21-2024 Make sure you are recording all treatment -includes treatment done-recommended-refused-contraindicated

Just as important as it is to code the treatment a patient received, you also need to code when a treatment is not given due

  • Omega Healthcare
  • 24 June

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Tumor Tip of the Week 06-07-2024 Radiation Treatment Volume GYN Brachytherapy after TAHBSO

Scenario: • Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma pT3b pN0 treated with TAH/BSO + XRT • Phase 1 XRT: 2/10/2024 to 3/13/2024, Whole pelvis XRT IMRT/6x, 180 cGy x

  • Omega Healthcare
  • 07 June

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Tumor Tip of the Week 05-31-2024 Most Specific vs Distinctly Different

Scenario: 2024 Endometrium, curettage: Endometrioid adenocarcinoma, FIGO GR 1 w/ squamous differentiation. TAH/BSO SLN Dissection: Endometrium – Endometrioid adenocarcinoma (FIGO GR 1), confined to the

  • Omega Healthcare
  • 03 June