A 5-year-old patient presents to your office for a physical
A polyp was removed from a patient’s colon during an outpatient colonoscopy procedure. The physician and pathologist document the polyp as probable adenocarcinoma of the colon. The coder assigned the diagnosis code for adenocarcinoma of the colon. During an audit, the coding manager reviewed the coding assignment for this case and determined that the accurate coding assignment should have been which of the following? Question 112 options: The coder should have assigned the diagnosis for the polyp. The coder should have assigned the diagnosis code for adenoma of the colon. The coder was correct in assigning the code for adenocarcinoma of the colon. The coding manager was unable to determine the correct code assignment and queried the physician.
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