![]() ![]() To diagnose colon cancer, a physician may perform a digital rectal exam, fecal occult blood test, flexible sigmoidoscopy, barium enema, colonoscopy (45.23)-the physician may take a biopsy (45.25) or polypectomy (45.42) through the colonoscope, or virtual colonoscopy (88.01), which is a CT scan of the colon. Symptoms may be caused by other conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (558.9), irritable bowel syndrome (564.1), diverticulosis (562.10 without mention of hemorrhage or 562.12 with hemorrhage), or diverticulitis (562.11 without mention of hemorrhage or 562.13 with hemorrhage). When signs and symptoms do appear, they may vary depending on the location of the cancer and may include changes in bowel habits, including diarrhea or constipation, or changes in the consistency of the stool blood in the stool or rectal bleeding feeling that the bowel does not empty completely pencil-thin stools persistent cramping, gas, or abdominal pain and unexplained weight loss. Patients may not experience any symptoms of early-stage cancer. #HRPATIC FLEXTURE ICD 10 CODE#Carcinoma of the colon is assigned to code 230.3 while carcinoma of the rectum goes to 230.4. Metastasis to the colon or rectum is classified to code 197.5. If the rectum is included with the colon cancer, then assign code 154.0, Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction.
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