[Histonet] Peripheral Blood Smears

[Mike Pence]

You're a Histology Dept.! Get the peripheral smears out of your dept.
Peripheral smears belong in Hematology. Make then make something work.
This is what I did.
Mike

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Subject: [Histonet] Peripheral Blood Smears


We have had this discussion many times in our institute and would like 
some outside thoughts.  Is there a charge/cpt code that is acceptable
for 
the technical aspect of a peripheral smear?   Hematology doesn't stain
our 
slides.  They make the smear and we accession, stain and coverslip, etc.

But the pathologist is the only one actually interpreting the smear.
Thanks.

Debbie M. Boyd, HT(ASCP) l Chief Histologist l Southside Regional
Medical 
Center I 
200 Medical Park Boulevard l Petersburg, Va.  23805 l T: 804-765-5050 l
F: 
804-765-5582 l dkboyd <@t> chs.net





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