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Tumor Tip of the Week-12-08-2023 Physical Exam Text Are You Including all the Information Needed
Text documentation is required to justify coded values and to supplement information not transmitted with coded values. You should be able to abstract your entire
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11 December
Tumor Tip of the Week-12-01-2023 pNX Blank or cN0
Scenario {Partial Snips of Synoptic Reports} AJCC Path N Category Rationale Procedure Total thyroidectomy Tumor Focality Unifocal Tumor Site Left lobe Histologic Type Papillary
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06 December
Tumor Tip of the Week-11-17-2023 Are you assigning yc Posttherapy Stage as often as you should be?
Scenario: Patient presented with Rectal Primary cT2 cN2a cM0 Stage 3B Grade 3 Adenocarcinoma Treatment Plan: Total neo-adjuvant therapy followed by consolidative proctocolectomy with perhaps
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20 November
Tumor Tip of the Week-11-10-2023 HAMN Tidbits
Scenario 2023: Patient presented with RLQ pain. Physical exam abdomen tender to palpation, otherwise within normal limits CT Ab/Pelvis: Suspect Appendicitis. No enlarged lymph nodes.
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10 November
Tumor Tip of the Week 11-03-2023 Liver SSDI-use the highest prior to Treatment
Scenario: 2023 07-13-2023 Liver, core biopsy: Hepatocellular carcinoma, grade 3. Prominent cirrhosis noted 08-16-2023 Seen by oncology & palliative care. Family decided for home hospice
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06 November
Tumor Tip of the Week 10-27-2023 Melanoma-New Surgery Codes for Cases Dx 2023 and Beyond
Scenario: 2023 abstracting case for St Elsewhere Exam text: 75 YO Widowed White Female, Hispanic Presented with 2.5 cm lesion posterior right calf, no palpable
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30 October