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General
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- Based on the official version of the World Health Organization's international classification of diseases
- Required by law for Medicare, and for all practical purposes, by all medical insurance companies for payment of a claim
- Clinician provides a code, as does the pathologist
- They may be different (example: clinician-hematuria, pathologist-urothelial carcinoma)
Additional references
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