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ENagel

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The blood is one of the primary ways for malignant neoplasms to metastasize from any organ because it circulates through all organs and body tissues.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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When a patient has lymphoma, and the record does NOT document the status of the disease, the coders should:
 
  a. assign the code for not having achieved remission.
  b. assume it is in remission since the physician did not document otherwise.
  c. query the physician to ask the status.
  d. none of the above.


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SVictor

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

TRUE

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a


ENagel

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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