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Coding Educator, March 15, 2010

Do you know the answer to the question below? If so, submit your name and answer to Associate Editor Jimmy Carroll at jcarroll@hcpro.com. Each correct answer will be entered into a drawing with a chance to win a prize. The winner will be announced in next month's issue.  

Question: A 68-year-old male presents for screening colonoscopy. The patient has a history of colon polyps. A physician performs screening exam and removes a colon polyp by snare technique. How should the service(s) be reported? 

The winner from February was Teresa Marling, RHIT, at Grandview Medical Center in Dayton, OH. Teresa won an HCPro 2010 ICD-9 Coding Manual. The correct answer to the question “What is the correct ICD-9-CM code for an atypical fibrous histiocytoma of the retroperitoneum?” is 235.4.

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