[Histonet] RE: NCCI policy update

Fri Dec 30 13:12:36 CST 2011

Oh yes, we are very aware and quite upset at the change!

Martha Ward, MT (ASCP) QIHC
Manager, Molecular Diagnostics Lab
Dept. of Pathology
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
336-716-2104

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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Webb, Dorothy L
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 1:33 PM
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Subject: [Histonet] NCCI policy update

Is everyone aware that beginning 1/1/12, we can no longer bill for each block regarding IHC billing, only one unit of billing for each part type no matter how many blocks are stained?  Also IHC "cocktail" stains, such as PIN4 must now be billed as one unit even though multiple antibodies are reported out.

Kind of a surprising reversal of the policy set in motion 10/1/2009.  SPECIMEN becomes the unit of service rather than block(s) for IHC codes 88342, 88360, and 88361.

Happy New Year to everyone out there.  May 2012 find you happiness and health!

Dorothy Webb, HT
Regions Histology TS
651-254-2962

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