AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2023 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Noninvasive and Invasive High Grade Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma

The patient presented for an outpatient bladder biopsy and transurethral resection. The findings demonstrated, “High grade invasive papillary urothelial carcinoma of urinary bladder anterior wall and bladder neck with noninvasive high grade papillary urothelial carcinoma of the right bladder neck, right lateral bladder wall, and left dome.” Would noninvasive high grade papillary urothelial carcinoma of the bladder be coded as carcinoma in situ of the bladder or as a malignant neoplasm of the bladder? ...

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