Exercise #3
The patient is deaf. In 1998 the patient had surgery for removal of an acoustic neuroma. A CT scan showed a spinal cord tumor on March 3, 2004. On March 21, 2004 the patient had a laminectomy and partial removal of tumor at T7. The pathology report documented psammomatous meningioma of the dura.
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What is the date of diagnosis?
The meningioma is reportable because it was diagnosed after January 1, 2004. The date of diagnosis is 03/03/2004, the date of the CT scan.
What is the sequence number?
The sequence number for the meningioma is 62 because it is the second benign tumor even though the first benign tumor was not reported because it was diagnosed prior to January 1, 2004.
What is the CS extension?
The CS extension code is 05, benign.
Primary site: C70.1 spinal meninges
The primary site is spinal meninges instead of spinal cord because the site is stated as to be dura, which is one of the layers of meninges.
Histology: 9533/09 psammomatous meningioma.
