Core Competency 2 Assessment: Abstract and Coding #1
Questions with Correct Answers
DCIS - ✔✔Ductal carcinoma in situ, non-invasive breast cancer.
Mucinous carcinoma - ✔✔A type of breast cancer with mucin production.
Nottingham grade 2 - ✔✔Moderate differentiation in breast cancer grading.
Urothelial carcinoma - ✔✔Cancer originating from the urothelium lining.
Radical nephrectomy - ✔✔Surgical removal of the entire kidney.
pT category - ✔✔Pathological classification of tumor size and extent.
Histology - ✔✔Study of tissue structure and cellular composition.
Adenocarcinoma - ✔✔Cancer originating from glandular tissue.
Multiple primary rule - ✔✔Guideline for coding multiple cancer diagnoses.
Undifferentiated malignant neoplasm - ✔✔Cancer with no specific cell type
differentiation.
, Malignant epithelioid neoplasm - ✔✔Cancerous tumor with epithelial cell
characteristics.
Mycosis fungoides - ✔✔A type of skin lymphoma affecting T-cells.
Total Skin-Electron Irradiation - ✔✔Radiation therapy targeting the entire skin
surface.
Moderately differentiated - ✔✔Cancer cells that are somewhat abnormal in
appearance.
Squamous cell carcinoma - ✔✔Cancer arising from squamous epithelial cells.
Anaplastic astrocytoma - ✔✔Aggressive brain tumor from astrocyte cells.
Transitional cell carcinoma - ✔✔Cancer of the bladder's transitional epithelium.
Primary site - ✔✔Location where cancer originates in the body.
Histologic grade - ✔✔Assessment of tumor cell differentiation and growth.
CT-guided biopsy - ✔✔Tissue sampling using CT imaging for guidance.
Laryngectomy NOS - ✔✔Surgical removal of the larynx, unspecified type.
Questions with Correct Answers
DCIS - ✔✔Ductal carcinoma in situ, non-invasive breast cancer.
Mucinous carcinoma - ✔✔A type of breast cancer with mucin production.
Nottingham grade 2 - ✔✔Moderate differentiation in breast cancer grading.
Urothelial carcinoma - ✔✔Cancer originating from the urothelium lining.
Radical nephrectomy - ✔✔Surgical removal of the entire kidney.
pT category - ✔✔Pathological classification of tumor size and extent.
Histology - ✔✔Study of tissue structure and cellular composition.
Adenocarcinoma - ✔✔Cancer originating from glandular tissue.
Multiple primary rule - ✔✔Guideline for coding multiple cancer diagnoses.
Undifferentiated malignant neoplasm - ✔✔Cancer with no specific cell type
differentiation.
, Malignant epithelioid neoplasm - ✔✔Cancerous tumor with epithelial cell
characteristics.
Mycosis fungoides - ✔✔A type of skin lymphoma affecting T-cells.
Total Skin-Electron Irradiation - ✔✔Radiation therapy targeting the entire skin
surface.
Moderately differentiated - ✔✔Cancer cells that are somewhat abnormal in
appearance.
Squamous cell carcinoma - ✔✔Cancer arising from squamous epithelial cells.
Anaplastic astrocytoma - ✔✔Aggressive brain tumor from astrocyte cells.
Transitional cell carcinoma - ✔✔Cancer of the bladder's transitional epithelium.
Primary site - ✔✔Location where cancer originates in the body.
Histologic grade - ✔✔Assessment of tumor cell differentiation and growth.
CT-guided biopsy - ✔✔Tissue sampling using CT imaging for guidance.
Laryngectomy NOS - ✔✔Surgical removal of the larynx, unspecified type.
