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I just got back from the Mohs conference. The Biocare people have the stain and told me they would come out to help work it up. Anne -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bethany Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:23 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] (no subject) The doctor I work for wants to use Mart 1 staining for Mohs on melanoma cases. Any information on where to start? What equipment do we need? Where do we acquire the stains/antibodies, etc? thx Bethany ___ 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
[Histonet] Is there a Pathology billing hotline?
Today we received one container labelled 'sentinel nodes' for frozen section. There were five nodes and they were placed in two chucks. How in the heck are we to know how to code for charges for this? Is it per container, per node, or per frozen? Plus, is there a person or agency that you can call to ask these questions? Thanks, Jennifer Johnson Sent from Jenny's iPhone ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Is there a Pathology billing hotline?
This would be one specimen, since the nodes were not separately identified. You would charge an 88331 for the first block and 88332 for the second block. (To the best of my knowledge!!) 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: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Johnson Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 11:17 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Is there a Pathology billing hotline? Today we received one container labelled 'sentinel nodes' for frozen section. There were five nodes and they were placed in two chucks. How in the heck are we to know how to code for charges for this? Is it per container, per node, or per frozen? Plus, is there a person or agency that you can call to ask these questions? Thanks, Jennifer Johnson Sent from Jenny's iPhone ___ 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
[Histonet] RE: Path Billing hotline
Don't forget to add the 88307 charge for the specimen to the frozen charges (88331, 88332) Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP) Anatomic Pathology Supervisor Holy Redeemer Hospital Laboratory 1648 Huntingdon Pike Meadowbrook, PA 19046 Ph: 215-938-3676 Fax: 215-938-3874 Today's Topics: 5. Is there a Pathology billing hotline? (Jennifer Johnson) 6. RE: Is there a Pathology billing hotline? (Weems, Joyce K.) Message: 5 Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 11:17:25 -0400 From: Jennifer Johnson jmjohnso...@hotmail.com Subject: [Histonet] Is there a Pathology billing hotline? Today we received one container labelled 'sentinel nodes' for frozen section. There were five nodes and they were placed in two chucks. How in the heck are we to know how to code for charges for this? Is it per container, per node, or per frozen? Plus, is there a person or agency that you can call to ask these questions? Thanks, Jennifer Johnson Sent from Jenny's iPhone -- Message: 6 Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 15:44:54 + From: Weems, Joyce K. joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org Subject: RE: [Histonet] Is there a Pathology billing hotline? This would be one specimen, since the nodes were not separately identified. You would charge an 88331 for the first block and 88332 for the second block. (To the best of my knowledge!!) Joyce Weems Pathology Manager 678-843-7376 Phone 678-843-7831 Fax joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org *** - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This E-Mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it was sent. It may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential, and the use or disclosure of such information may also be restricted under applicable federal and state law. If you received this communication in error, please do not distribute any part of it or retain any copies, and delete the original E-Mail. Please notify the sender of any error by E-Mail. Thank you for your cooperation. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
[Histonet] Re: Is there a Pathology billing hotline?
Jennifer Johnson asks: Today we received one container labelled 'sentinel nodes' for frozen section. There were five nodes and they were placed in two chucks. How in the heck are we to know how to code for charges for this? Is it per container, per node, or per frozen? Plus, is there a person or agency that you can call to ask these questions? and Joyce Weems replies: This would be one specimen, [if] the nodes were not separately identified. You would charge an 88331 for the first block and 88332 for the second block. If the lymph nodes were separately identified, say, sentinel node #1 through sentinel node #5 then if you separated them from each other (say by marking them with different colored inks) then you could bill for five specimens, five frozen section codes 88331 and five specimen codes 88305. The final pathology report would have to identify them, say, 1. left axillary lymph node (sentinel node biopsy #1): Reactive hyperplasia. No malignant tumor identified. 2. - and so on through 5. Parenthetically, you shouldn't be doing frozen sections on grossly negative sentinel lymph nodes - it loses too much tissue. Touch preparations suffice. I don't know of any hot line for problems like this. Most of them are covered in the CAP Web site resource on the subject, if you can find it. It's quite chaotic, and it's worth reading it through and abstracting it on a slow day. These adjudications - which unfortunately are no longer done - are considered authoritative by the authorities. Here you read, for example, that a twin placenta is two codes 88307 iff you can identify cord A and cord B (doesn't matter how the identification is done). Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Maryville TN ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
