malginant melanoma in situ
If I look at the table in the index under skin I come to Melanoma, there are no codes listed and I am instructed to go straight to melanoma. I think this means go to melanoma in the index. There is no...
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I don't have my ICD-9 book at home but I think it is in the Neoplasms table under skin. (the condition comes first when coding, so never look by anatomical site first)Hope it helps. April
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Sorry, now I have my books.... Melanoma in-situ is an early stage melanoma so it is confined to the skin. Under the heading "Melanoma", ICD-9 states Except where otherwise indicated, the morphological...
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That is what I thought too. I was looking in the tabular list under Carcinoma in situ and the small instructions there said"includes pigmented cells" so I started thinking that maybe that meant...
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Anytime. I actually second guessed myself too. Off the top of my head, I thought it was the skin codes (172 etc) but the in- situ threw me and I thought it should be neoplasm. I guess it's true.. you...
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