--- title: Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2018 | Health Information Associates description: With the Hurricane season in full swing, this new guideline will be helpful in reporting the external cause codes when an injury occurs as a result of the hurricane, and also help in determining sequencing of the reported codes. image: https://hiacode.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-844627708-1.jpg --- # Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2018 | Health Information Associates ![HIAcode](https://hiacode.com/hubfs/Logos/HIA_RGB_PrimaryLogo_Icon%20(1)_Artboard%201.png) [HIAcode](https://hiacode.com/blog/author/hiacode) Oct 15, 2018 [Industry News](https://hiacode.com/blog/tag/industry-news) ![](https://hiacode.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-844627708-1.jpg) - Share on: - [![](https://hiacode.com/hubfs/Facebook%20svg.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://hiacode.com/blog/education/hia-news/breast-cancer-awareness-month-2018) - [![](https://hiacode.com/hs-fs/hubfs/twitter.png?width=32&height=32&name=twitter.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://hiacode.com/blog/education/hia-news/breast-cancer-awareness-month-2018) - [![](https://hiacode.com/hubfs/LinkedIn%20svg.svg)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://hiacode.com/blog/education/hia-news/breast-cancer-awareness-month-2018) - [![](https://hiacode.com/hubfs/mdi_email.svg)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://hiacode.com/blog/education/hia-news/breast-cancer-awareness-month-2018%20&body=Check%20out%20https://hiacode.com/blog/education/hia-news/breast-cancer-awareness-month-2018&media=https://20824215.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/20824215/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-844627708-1.jpg) - ![](https://hiacode.com/hubfs/entypo_link.svg) copied October is [#BreastCancerAwareness](https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thepeoplebehindthenumbers) month. HIA wanted to share a few of our employees’ stories who battled or had personal experience with breast cancer. HIA was also a ‘Start/Finish Line’ sponsor at [Tidelands Health](https://www.tidelandshealth.org/) In The Pink – 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on Saturday, October 6th, and a few of [#ThePeopleBehindTheNumbers](https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/breastcancerawareness) were able to attend. Thank you to those who showed your support! 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