Coding Tips: Lymphovascular Invasion
Lymphovascular Invasion (2Q 2025 Coding Clinic) The patient underwent an outpatient radical prostatectomy with pelvic LN dissection for prostate cancer. The final diagnosis listed on the pathology report indicates lymphovascular invasion; however, it also confirmed...
Coding Tips: Local Invasion of Cancer
Local Invasion of Cancer (2Q 2025 Coding Clinic) Pathology findings indicate poorly differentiated carcinoma/right renal cell carcinoma, invading the renal vein and renal sinus after a right robotic radical nephrectomy on an inpatient stay. Assign only code C64.1,...
Coding Tips: EDAC
Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse (EDAC) (2Q 2025 Coding Clinic) Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse (EDAC) refers to a condition where the posterior tracheal membrane excessively bows forward into the airway lumen during expiration, causing dynamic narrowing....