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Question 20041009

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SEER Program Code Man, 3rd Ed, 3, 111. January 1998

Diagnostic Confirmation--Lymphoma: Can lymphoma be diagnosed clinically? See Description.

Example 1: Patient with B symptoms. Physical exam reveals large neck mass. Physician impression is lymphoma.

Example 2: CT scans show lymphadenopathy consistent with lymphoma.

In both cases, patient does not return for biopsies.

Yes, lymphoma can be accessioned based on a clinical diagnosis.

Code Diagnostic Confirmation in Example 1 as 8 [Clinical diagnosis only].

Code Diagnostic Confirmation in Example 2 as 7 [Radiography and other imaging techniques without microscopic confirmation].

Lymphoma

Diagnostic confirmation

N/A

2004