Neoplasm Case Study

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1. What is a neoplasm? Discuss the difference between benign and malignant. Discuss the difference between primary, secondary, and Ca in situ in the Neoplasm Table in your ICD-10-CM.
Neoplasm is an abnormal growth of tissue caused by a rapid division of cells that have developed a form of mutation. Neoplasm can be either malignant or benign. Benign are not cancerous and be removed in most cases. And cells in benign do not spread to other parts of the body. With malignant they are cancerous and have cells that grow out of control and spread to other parts of the body. Primary refers to the site where it first started to grow. Secondary means that it has spread to more than one part of the body. And Ca in situ means that the tumor has stayed

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