ICD-10: Coding Brain Cancer

Published: Tue, 06/09/15

  MEDICAL CODING NEWS
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In the news this week was a sad occurrence: Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, died after a tough battle with brain cancer. He was just 46 years old. According to the National Cancer Institute, brain cancer represents only 1.4 percent of all new cancer cases in the United States. Brain tumors occur in both children and adults. After leukemia, brain cancer is the second most common form of cancer...

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