Coders must take care when assigning codes and sequencing the codes for malignant neoplasms of the liver because:

a. primary liver cancer is rare.
b. the liver is a common site for metastasis because it filters the blood and malignancies can spread through the blood.
c. both a and b.
d. neither a nor b.


Answer: c

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