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Leiomyosarcoma of Breast

Message #1267 of 1572 |

If you have a leiomyosarcoma of the breast, do you code it to breast
or soft tissue of the trunk and where do I find the rule on this?

Thanks, Lori

Wed Sep 3, 2003 11:49 pm

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If you have a leiomyosarcoma of the breast, do you code it to breast or soft tissue of the trunk and where do I find the rule on this? Thanks, Lori...	loril_ga	Sep 3, 2003 11:49 pm
Leiomyosarcoma falls under the chapter on soft tissue so therefore you would code this to soft tissue and not to the breast. Check the cancer staging manual...	Pamela Tillman panusala	Sep 5, 2003 12:34 pm
Hey Lori, Looks like you got two different answers to your question - I posted mine on the ncra website-I felt that the staging manual inferred that you use...	muzactr	Sep 5, 2003 2:47 pm
I would code this site to the breast if I were doing it. The same rule applies if you were coding a lymphoma of the stomach. You would code it to the stomach...	moosek53@... txmx247	Sep 7, 2003 3:15 pm
Hi Lori . . . Here's my two cents. Don't use the staging guide to code the primary site, tempting though it is. Those eligible histology lists at the start...	thaydenhome	Sep 6, 2003 3:47 pm