Dear Michelle, For CMS: All tests are still billed "per specimen-per procedure" All "G" codes have been replaced with the following: 88342 - 1st initial antibody stain procedure 88341 - each additional antibody stain procedure 88344 - each Multiplex stain procedure
Assuming that your block 1 and block 2 came from the same specimen... Your Scenario: Stain1 - Block A1 = 1 x 88344 Stain1 - Block A2 = cannot bill Stain 2 - Block A1 = 1 x 88344 Regards, Murray Anderson -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of histot...@imagesbyhopper.com Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 7:17 AM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] New 88344 CPT code question Hello Histonetters :) With regards to billing for multiplex IHC stains, I have a scenario and question. Scenario: 1 container, 2 blocks, 2 different cocktail IHC stains. Stain1 is done on both blocks A1 and A2. Stain2 is done on block A1. How would we bill for this? Would it be 88344X2 - because there are two distinct cocktails. OR would it be 88344X1 - because you can only charge one per container? Thanks in advance, Michelle Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet