AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2000 Second Quarter

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A woman with a family history of breast cancer comes into the physician's office to discuss her risk factors for developing breast cancer and to evaluate whether she should have routine screening or therapy (i.e., gene therapy, tamoxifen therapy, etc.). How would an initial encounter for breast cancer risk assessment be coded? The patient has not developed breast cancer, nor has she been taking tamoxifen in the past. ...

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