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...
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...
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...
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...
I have a question about a breast case that has immunohistochemical positive node for micromets in one node out of three. I know with the new AJCC you stage it...
What do you do for non-breast sites like melanoma skin where the sentinel lymph nodes are positive by IHC (immunohistochemical) methods, but are negative...
Hi, In the past we tried to do a salary survey by snail mail and it just didn't get completed. Now, with the innovations of the internet we can do a survey...
I have a case that was dxd early 03 w/dcis breast. Then in 7/03 found to have liver mets. The oncologist note says that it is unusual to develop liver mets...
... done ... cancer ... Concerning the liver mets...I would be very skeptical that these are from this breast dcis. What type of surgery did the lady have? If...
Hello everyone! I am searching for some ways to help with lost to follow up. We currently use the Rootsweb website but I was wanting to find out from anyone...
Hi Lori, Just wanted to see the status of our salary survey ! Are we done with the survey? Please let me know! Thanks, Cherian ... Do you Yahoo!? The New...
Hi everyone, I'm currently taking billing/coding classes. I'm interested in becoming a CTR and I don't know where to go from here. I'm studing the material...
Can anyone tell me which AJCC Staging Manual Edition would have been used in 1996? Also, if you have that manual, could you tell me what the summary grouping...
Hi Can someone tell me what staging form to be used for LEIOMYOSARCOMA of the Uterus. In Corpus Uteri chapter 29, under histologic type it specifically says...
They are excluded from staging. Simply use 88. cmat2001 <cmat2001@...> wrote:Hi Can someone tell me what staging form to be used for LEIOMYOSARCOMA of...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone out there has put their staging forms online for the doctors' to complete as part of an electronic record. We are an offsite...
-Thanks: Lori, Lisa, Donna & Cheryl!!!! I've have books on order. I'm checking to see if my credits are transferable to SBCC. Now, I'm searching for a local...
I do not proclaim to be an expert on the topic, but I can share what I know. Regarding speed, you definitely want something faster than a 56K dial up modem....
Please excuse my ignorance, but I am just learning about staging. I am confused about these cancers not being stageable. I saw the notation in the AJCC book...
Hi Lori, This was posted in the group but not mailed to its members through email. I don't always have the time to get into the yahoo group and don't really...
Hello, Let me present you something that you don't use to talk about : the ET presence. It is so important for yourselves and the people around you that I dare...
Not an appropriate use of this chat room. This is an example of why this group needs someone to monitor messages. Just my opinion. ---------- Original...
I agree. Almost not worth responding to, but where-ever that message came from, that person must already be 'spaded out'. Barbara M. DeCoe, CTR, RHIT Cancer...