MEDICAL CODING TRAINING IN CALICUT

 N42.31  (PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA)                        A premalignant change arising in the prostatic epithelium, regarded as the most important and most likely precursor of prostatic adenocarcinoma. The neoplasia takes the form of an intra-acinar or ductal proliferation of secretory cells with unequivocal nuclear anaplasia, which corresponds to nuclear grade 2 and 3 invasive prostate cancer.    N42.31   is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reim bursement purposes. The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM  N42.31  became effective on October 1, 2020. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of  N42.31  - other international versions of ICD-10  N42.31  may differ. Introduction: High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) is generally accepted to be a precursor lesion of prostate cancer. The likely outcome of isolated...