Question

This female patient with terminal carcinoma of the breast, metastatic to the liver, brain, and intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts, was admitted with dehydration. patient dehydrated with ivs and discharged, with no treatment given to the cancer. what are the codes assigned

Answer 1

The codes that will be assigned to the patient with the stated conditions, undergoing the hydration via IV's and not being treated for the carcinomas are:

E86.0 - dehydration
G89.3 - neoplasm related pain
C50.111 - malignant neoplasm (for breast cancer)
C79.31 - secondary malignant neoplasm of kidneys
C78.7 - secondary malignant neoplasm of liver