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HIT 201 Coding Malignancies Best Rated A+, Exams of Nursing

American Institute of Medical TechnologyNursing

Information on coding malignancies, including identifying primary and secondary sites, referencing neoplasm codes, and distinguishing between benign and malignant lesions. It also includes true/false statements related to neoplasm codes and diagnostic statements to identify primary and secondary sites. likely related to a medical coding or oncology course.

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2022/2023

Available from 07/14/2023

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HIT 201 Coding Malignancies Best Rated A+
Which of the following terms are applied to BENIGN lesions? - Answer Polyp
If the documentation does not indicate that the site is Primary or Secondary,
which of the following sites will be coded as SECONDARY? - Answer Brain
Liver
Read the diagnostic statement & identify the Primary & Secondary site for each:
Diagnostic Statement: METASTATIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA OF LUNG - Answer
PRIMARY: Renal Cell
SECONDARY: Lung
Which of the following statements regarding NEOPLASM CODES are TRUE? -
Answer TRUE:
1. If the Primary site is unknown, the coder should enter a code for "UNSPECIFIED
SITE."
FALSE:
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Which of the following terms are applied to BENIGN lesions? - Answer Polyp If the documentation does not indicate that the site is Primary or Secondary, which of the following sites will be coded as SECONDARY? - Answer Brain Liver Read the diagnostic statement & identify the Primary & Secondary site for each: Diagnostic Statement: METASTATIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA OF LUNG - Answer PRIMARY: Renal Cell SECONDARY: Lung Which of the following statements regarding NEOPLASM CODES are TRUE? - Answer TRUE:

  1. If the Primary site is unknown, the coder should enter a code for "UNSPECIFIED SITE." FALSE:
  1. A diagnosis of METASTATIC MELANOMA OF LUNG & LIVER should be coded using one code.
  2. DIAGNOSIS: Metastatic Carcinoma from Gall Bladder to Liver. Code ONLY the liver carcinoma. Coding both is fraud.
  3. Cancer described as metastatic TO a site is considered Primary OF that site. Which of the following terms should be FIRST referenced in the INDEX (as opposed to the NEOPLASM TABLE)? - Answer Mass Cys Adenosis Which of the following statements regarding NEOPLASM CODES are TRUE? - Answer TRUE:
  4. A SECONDARY malignancy is metastatic.
  5. UNCERTAIN BEHAVIOR: the pathology report indicates the morphology cannot be predicted.

Diagnostic Statement: OAT CELL CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG WITH SPREAD TO THE BRAIN. - Answer PRIMARY: Lung SECONDARY: Brain Read the diagnostic statement & identify the Primary & Secondary site for each: Diagnostic Statement: CARCINOMA OF CERVICAL LYMPH NODES, METASTATIC FROM THE BREAST. - Answer PRIMARY: Female Breast SECONDARY: Cervical Lymph Nodes Read the diagnostic statement & identify the Primary & Secondary site for each: Diagnostic Statement: METASTATIC OSTEOSARCOMA OF BRAIN - Answer PRIMARY: Bone SECONDARY: Brain

Read the diagnostic statement & identify the Primary & Secondary site for each: Diagnostic Statement: METASTATIC ADENOCARCINOMA OF PROSTATE - Answer PRIMARY: Adenocarcinoma of unspecified site SECONDARY: Prostate Mary was treated for a Primary melanoma of the face last year. There is no longer any evidence of this malignancy. Today, Mary is being seen for a brain malignancy. Which of the following statements are TRUE? - Answer TRUE:

  1. A V code will be assigned to the melanoma.
  2. The brain cancer is Secondary. FALSE:
  3. No code will be assigned to the malignant melanoma as it is no longer being treated.
  4. The melanoma will be coded FIRST as the Primary site.