Discuss which documents in the patient’s medical record would provide the most definitive information about the neoplasm.

Assume that you are an inpatient coder who is trying to determine the type of neoplasm that a patient has. Discuss which documents in the patient’s medical record would provide the most definitive information about the neoplasm. Also, discuss what you as a coder should do if the neoplasm is described differently on two different documents in the patient’s record. Explain the process you would follow to assign the correct code for the neoplasm

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