[Histonet] IHC Billing CPT question.

[Nita Searcy]

This is definitely a Beth Sheppard question for final clarification but
billing is done per specimen-  so the IHC x 6 is correct. Only one
specimen would be x 3- this scenario has 2 specimens.

>>> Shawn Salesky <ssalesky <@t> LowellGeneral.org> 05/05/05 12:38 PM >>>
Hi All,

>From the discussion a few days ago I had some questions concerning
IHC
Billing.

Patient: B. Smith Has a Left and Right Breast Core Bx submitted as
parts A
and B.   Both of which have ER, PR and Her2 done on them.  The Her2 is
negative so there is no reflex to F.I.S.H.

>From the discussion on Histo net I gather that the majority of
facilities
would be charging for Quantitative/Semi-quantitative IHC x 6.  

Is there any literature or references that anyone is using to determine
that
it is legal to charge for 6 instances?

At my current facility that same scenario would only be billed as 3
instances.

Any help would be appreciated.




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