http://rmcinc.org/word Your Partner in Reimbursement, Compliance and Coding Integrity Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:31:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://rmcinc.org/word/?p=15#comment-419 Connie Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:31:50 +0000 http://rmcinc.org/word/?p=15#comment-419 JeffP: Thanks for the comment. To clarify, when a lesion is described as "non-cancerous", it is understood to be benign; "cancerous" is understood to be malignant. CPT uses only the descriptors benign or malignant to describe lesions. Hope this helps! JeffP: Thanks for the comment. To clarify, when a lesion is described as “non-cancerous”, it is understood to be benign; “cancerous” is understood to be malignant. CPT uses only the descriptors benign or malignant to describe lesions. Hope this helps!

]]> http://rmcinc.org/word/?p=15#comment-217 JeffP Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:13:59 +0000 http://rmcinc.org/word/?p=15#comment-217 Confusion as to cancerous or malignant, benign or malignant, see third and fourth sentences. It would appear that a leison cannot be either cancerous or malignant AND/OR benign or malignant; instead it would most likely be cancerous or benign or benign or malignant. Confusion as to cancerous or malignant, benign or malignant, see third and fourth sentences. It would appear that a leison cannot be either cancerous or malignant AND/OR benign or malignant; instead it would most likely be cancerous or benign or benign or malignant.

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