09-20-2024 Neoadjuvant Therapy Scenario:   Patient presented with Rectal Primary cT2 cN2a cM0 Stage 3B Grade 3 Adenocarcinoma Treatment Plan: Total neo-adjuvant therapy followed by consolidative proctocolectomy with perhaps formation of a permanent colostomy pending response to treatment Patient treated with Neoadjuvant Chemo/XRT After neoadjuvant therapy complete Flexible Sigmoidoscopy shows no visible cancer, biopsies negative. Scans […]

Join the Omega HealthCare Education Team as we uncover what’s behind a broken bone.  We will explore types of fractures, fracture care and surgical interventions associated with fractures.  We will also explore the anatomy of the foot, common conditions related to the foot and types of treatment.  To help facilitate your learning and enhance your […]

Scenario: 09-01-2024 CT Abdomen/Pelvis: A 1.8 cm left superior pole complex cystic lesion with hyper enhancing solid nodular component with washout concerning for renal cell carcinoma (Bosniak IV). No retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy. Bilateral renal veins are patent. 09-15-2024 H&P: 51 YO Married White Non-Hispanic Female with 1.8 cm left renal lesion concerning for renal cell carcinoma […]

Join the Omega HealthCare Education Team as we uncover what’s behind a broken bone. We will explore types of fractures, fracture care and surgical interventions associated with fractures.  We will also explore the anatomy of the foot, common conditions related to the foot and types of treatment.  To help facilitate your learning and enhance your […]

Join the Omega HealthCare Education Team as we uncover what’s behind a broken bone.  We will explore types of fractures, fracture care and surgical interventions associated with fractures.  We will also explore the anatomy of the foot, common conditions related to the foot and types of treatment.  To help facilitate your learning and enhance your […]

Scenario#1: Positive FNA of a lymph node in same lymph node chain removed at surgery Lung Cancer FNA Hilar Node+ Lobectomy 3 Hilar nodes +, 2/11 Mediastinal Nodes +   LN Station Result Regional LN Positive   Regional LN Examined   Hilar 1 FNA (+) 3 Nodes +   3 per STORE/SEER Do not count […]

Join the Omega HealthCare Compliance Team as we review AHA 2nd Q 2024 Coding Clinic, AMA 2nd Q 2024 HCPCS, and AMA June 2024 CPT Assistant. We will highlight several topics by looking at the clinical side of the disease processes and procedures. The discussion is designed to help facilitate understanding of specific coding clinic […]

Log into SEER*Educate (You’ll have to create an account & log in) Click on the Training Tab-Then SEER Educational Workshops Tab Complete the 2024 SEER Workshop Cases-Complete the exercises prior to attending the workshop {Even if you don’t attend the workshop, you can still get CEs for finishing the cases.} Neoadjuvant-Breast, 1.5 CEs, 10 cases […]

Recently I attended the FCRA Conference and Jennifer Ruhl presented the scenario below, providing clarifications on capturing these 2 data fields. Please review the CAnswer Forum post provided in the link below for explanation & clarifications. Scenario: Specimen A-J, I-N. Negative 14 cores per gross description (no counts available from final diagnosis) PROSTATE, RIGHT LATERAL, […]

07-26-2024 CPC*Search Cancer / PathCHART Search Just wanted to highlight another handy little tool, CPC*Search .  This might be a helpful tool in your arsenal of defense when trying to help determine the appropriate site, histology and behavior codes combinations. Now it should not be your first line of defense, but sometimes it can help […]

07-19-2024 Pulse Check 2024 Abstracting Most have started abstracting 2024 cases by now, just wanted to do a little check to make sure everyone has the tools they need to stay current. Required Reading prior to abstracting 2024 cases: 2024 NAACCR Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations (Revised January 2023) ICD-O-3.2 Implementation Documents for implementation in 2024 […]

Scenario: 2024 RIGHT KIDNEY NEPHRECTOMY:   -CLEAR-CELL PAPILLARY RENAL CELL CARCINOMA Question: How would you code histology? 8260 Papillary renal cell carcinoma (C64.9) 8312 Renal cell carcinoma 8310 Clear cell renal cell carcinoma 8323 Mixed cell adenocarcinoma Answer:  8323 Mixed cell adenocarcinoma Rationale: Remember to always start with the Solid Tumor Rules when coding histology, not […]