Difference between revisions of "L4E rule 4 (2018)"
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*This rule applies to most benign resections. | *This rule applies to most benign resections. | ||
*It applies to some small biopsies that are submitted in several blocks, e.g. an endoscopically resected large tubular adenoma of the colon without high-grade dysplasia submitted in 3 blocks. | *It applies to some small biopsies that are submitted in several blocks, e.g. an endoscopically resected large tubular adenoma of the colon without high-grade dysplasia submitted in 3 blocks. | ||
*The CAP-ACP workload committee document states this rule has ''not'' been modified (see ''Page 4'').<ref name=capacp2018/> However, the ''General Guidelines for Coding'' (see ''Page 7'') have changed for L2 (from 0.333 L4E to 0.25 L4E);<ref name=capacp2018/> thus, the rule in 2018 edition results in a different weighting where larger cases have significantly less value. | |||
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*The CAP-ACP workload committee document states this rule has ''not'' been modified from the 2014 edition of L4E (see ''Page 4'').<ref name=capacp2018/> However, the ''General Guidelines for Coding'' (see ''Page 7'') have changed for L2 (from 0.333 L4E to 0.25 L4E);<ref name=capacp2018/> thus, the rule in 2018 edition results in a different weighting where larger cases have significantly less value. | |||
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