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Question #: 25
Topic #: 5
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A 44-year-old female patient with chest pains had a CT of her chest that identified a mass in her left lower lung. The patient currently has ovarian cancer with metastases to the liver. The radiologist suspects the cancer has spread to her lungs. The physician performed an outpatient bronchoscopic biopsy and the pathology report documents the mass as a tumor of uncertain behavior.
What ICD-10-CM codes are reported for this patient?

  • A. R91.8, C56.9, C78.7
  • B. C56.9, C78.7, C78.02
  • C. C78.02, C22.9, C79.82
  • D. D38.1, C56.9, C78.7
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Keyana
1 week, 2 days ago
Selected Answer: A
caner spread through lungs, liver, and pathology
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Keyana
1 week, 4 days ago
Selected Answer: D
lung and liver biopsy
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1aa99b1
3 months ago
A. R91.8, C56.9, C78.7 is incorrect that concludes abnormal finding code R91.8 IS UNNECESS HERE SINCE WE HAVE SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS. IT SHOULD. BE. B C56 C787 C7802
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1aa99b1
7 months, 3 weeks ago
A .BECAUSE PT HAS PRE EXISTING CANCER THAT SPREAD TO LUNGS. LIVER AS WELL. PLUS THE BIOPSY
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PKP79
8 months, 1 week ago
If there is no pathology report to confirm the diagnosis then A is the answer, but because the pathology result is given therefore D is the correct answer.
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itzz_aamir
10 months ago
D IS CORRECT
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Cardea
1 year, 2 months ago
ANSWER A IS WRONG
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vignesh1304
1 year, 3 months ago
D is a crt ans
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vignesh1304
1 year, 3 months ago
WRONG ANS
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abody8989
1 year, 3 months ago
why answer d is wrong ?
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Cardea
1 year, 2 months ago
ANSWER D IS CORRECT NOT WRONG
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