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Patient was given 450 cGy in 10 fractions to the left breast using 3D conformal therapy, followed by 200cGy in 5 fractions to the left breast using interstitial brachytherapy. What is the course total dose?

Which of the following is not an ambiguous term?

Patient received Gamma Knife Surgery for Brain tumor. What is the treatment volume?

Patient with no known PMH, presented for TURP for issues with voiding. Pathology revealed adenocarcinoma. What is the surgical code?

Patient was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma. What is the clinical grade?

Patient was diagnosed with benign meningioma by MRI of the Brain. What is the clinical grade?

   Patient PET/CT scan revealed multiple periaortic lymph node suspicious of cancer. Biopsy of a periaortic lymph node was performed revealed Hodgkin lymphoma. How do I code Surgical Diagnostic and Staging Procedure?   

Patient is a 16 YO male attending boarding school at 123 san jac road, houston, TX. He went to the local hospital and was diagnosed with lymphoma. His parents live at P Sherman 42 wallaby way, in Washington. What is the address we code for the patient?

02/07/21 San Jac Hospital Pathology showed Prostate, LT apex, US guided biopsy: Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Gleason Score 4+3=7 & Prostate, LT apex, TURP: Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Gleason Score 4+4=8 Grade. Prostatectomy was performed revealing Adenocarcinoma, 4+5. What is the clinical Grade?

Colon Biopsy revealed high grade adenocarcinoma of the transverse colon. Hemicolectomy revealed anaplastic adenocarcinoma of the transverse colon. What is the clinical grade?