[Histonet] RE: CPT code 88313 on non-gynecological cases

[Daniel Schneider]

Can you cite some authority or reference on this?  I'm very interested in
the answer.

This issue came up a year or so ago in our practice.  It was determined that
we couldn't charge extra for the Diff-Quik, but I'm not sure I understood
why not.  I was trained  to interpret all thyroid FNA's with both the usual
Pap stain, as well as a DQ, so it's not at all a trivial number of cases.
My colleagues seemed OK with interpreting them with Pap stain only, since
we'd have to eat the cost on the DQ.  Or do we?  If we can bill 88313 for
the DQ on thyroid FNA's, then we will probably go back to doing it.

Dan Schneider

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Smith Wanda
<Wanda.Smith <@t> hcahealthcare.com>wrote:

> Yes, that is correct for Diff Quik stains on Non-gyn specimens.
> Wanda
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> histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Leblanc, Barbara
> Ann
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:36 PM
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> Subject: [Histonet] CPT code 88313 on non-gynecological cases
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> Hello to all:
>
> On non-gyn cases which have smears stained with Diff-Quik, are you charging
> 88313 (special stain) for the Diff-Quik. Our hospital coder insists that we
> can and should be charging this on all non-gyn cases when a Diff-Quik stain
> is performed, besides the routine normal charges.
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Barbara
> LSUMC Histology
> Lafayette, LA
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