Interesting--we always require and ICD from our submitting providers even though we are all part of the same group.
Lester J. Raff, MD MBA UroPartners Medical Director Of Laboratory 2225 Enterprise Dr. Suite 2511 Westchester, Il 60154 Tel: 708-486-0076 Fax: 708-492-0203 -----Original Message----- From: Megan Dishop via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 9:28 AM To: Richard Cartun; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] [EXTERNAL] ICD-10 Codes I don't think that is necessary. Pathology services are coded by the pathologic diagnosis, unlike laboratory testing that requires an ICD10 code or reason for test request upfront. The blog entry below mentions this distinction.... http://www.mckesson.com/bps/blog/preparing-for-icd-10-by-addressing-incomplete-diagnosis-information-received-errors/ Megan K. Dishop MD Medical Director, Pediatric Anatomic Pathology Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota Laboratories 2525 Chicago Ave S. MS32-B600, Minneapolis, MN 55404 USA Phone: 612-813-6521 Fax: 612-813-7721 Email: megan.dis...@childrensmn.org Adjoint Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine >>> "Cartun, Richard via Histonet" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> >>> 4/25/2017 9:02 AM >>> What do you do when you receive a pathology consult and it is missing an ICD-10 code? I am being told that we cannot accession it until we get a code from the submitting doctor's office, and that we cannot add one. Thank you. Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology & The Martin M. Berman, MD Immunopathology & Morphologic Proteomics Laboratory Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology Hartford Hospital 80 Seymour Street Hartford, CT 06102 (860) 972-1596 (860) 545-2204 Fax This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message, including any attachments. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet Confidentiality Statement: This email/fax, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this email/fax is not the intended recipient or his or her agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email/fax is prohibited. If you have received this email/fax in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and deleting this email or destroying this facsimile immediately. _______________________________________________ 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
