AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1984 September - October

V58.1, Maintenance Chemotherapy

Note: As of October 1, 2007 maligant ascites is coded 789.51 Note: As of October 1, 2005, code V58.1 was expanded (V58.11 and V58.12) and the subcategory was changed to Encounter for antineoplastic chemotherapy and immunotherapy. The mode of therapy selected for malignant neoplasms usually depends on the histology and the extent of the disease. The goal set for the therapy may be curative or palliative, with or without prospects for prolongation of survival. The treatment of choice may be surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or a combination. Chemotherapy may serve as a curable mode of therapy...

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