[Histonet] Re: Histonet Digest, Vol 83, Issue 20

[Weems, Joyce]

The change is that you can bill per block now and not per specimen. This is for immunos and special stains. It does make a huge difference! 

Best, 

Joyce Weems 
Pathology Manager 
Saint Joseph's Hospital 
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE 
Atlanta, GA 30342 
678-843-7376 - Phone 
678-843-7831 - Fax 



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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Evanish
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:10
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Re: Histonet Digest, Vol 83, Issue 20

Has anyone heard of a cpt coding change that allows us to bill 88342 per slide run instead of per antibody? One of our Pathologist was at a conference and was told that we could do that. It makes a big difference with running cytokeratins on multiple blocks and levels of sentinel nodes.

  Thanks,
Chris Evanish
Montgomery Hospital 
Norristown PA

Chris D. Evanish
Histology Supervisor
Montgomery Hospital
610-270-2379 
 
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