Question # 7

Operative note: “Partial gastrectomy performed for gastric mass.” Pathology: adenocarcinoma. Final diagnosis: “gastric mass.” Next coder step?

Options:

A.

Code gastric adenocarcinoma

B.

Code unspecified gastric mass

C.

Code benign gastric tumor

D.

Query provider for malignancy confirmation

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