Each separately submitted jar with a specified location is coded as 88305, regardless of the number of cores in the jar. An exception is for "saturation" biopsies (ultrasound guided template needle biopsies) that are coded using 4 specific G codes, depending on total number of cores.
Lester J. Raff, MD Medical Director UroPartners Laboratory 2225 Enterprise Dr. Suite 2511 Westchester, Il 60154 Tel 708.486.0076 Fax 708.486.0080 -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Parker, Helayne Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:06 PM To: 'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu' Subject: [Histonet] Billing for Prostate Biopsies Can anyone tell me what/how prst bx are billed ?? Helayne Parker, HT (A.S.C.P.) _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5073 (20100429) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5073 (20100429) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet