Special stains are charged per block. If you have blocks A1, A2, and A3, and do AFB and GMS on all three that would be 6 charges.
Shhhhh... this will probably change next year!! Joyce Weems Pathology Manager 678-843-7376 Phone 678-843-7831 Fax joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org www.saintjosephsatlanta.org 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Atlanta, GA 30342 This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Saint Joseph's Hospital and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. -----Original Message----- From: Campbell, Tasha M. [mailto:tmcam...@fmh.org] Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 7:51 AM To: Vickroy, James; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Billing question >From my understanding its just one charge. Its per specimen such as A, B, C, >etc. Someone else said that it would be 2 charges so am I wrong on this?? If >you did GMS on A1 and AFB on A2 then that would be 2 charges because its two >different stains. Tasha Campbell, B.S.,HTL(ASCP) Frederick Gastroenterology Associates 310 W. 9th St. Frederick, MD 21701 301-695-6800 ext. 144 (w) 304-685-9307 (c) -----Original Message----- From: Vickroy, James [mailto:jvick...@springfieldclinic.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 4:58 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Billing question If I have two sections on an "A" specimen A1 and A2 and both had a GMS stain, do I charge 1 - 88312 or 2 - 88312? Jim Jim Vickroy Histology Manager Springfield Clinic, Main Campus, East Building 1025 South 6th Street Springfield, Illinois 62703 Office: 217-528-7541, Ext. 15121 Email: jvick...@springfieldclinic.com<mailto:jvick...@springfieldclinic.com> This electronic message contains information from Springfield Clinic, LLP that may be confidential, privileged, and/or sensitive. This information is intended for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify the sender immediately, by electronic mail, so that arrangements may be made for the retrieval of this electronic message. Thank you. _______________________________________________ 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 ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
