[Histonet] HPV testing on head and neck tumors and reimbursement

2018-01-22 Thread Martha Ward-Pathology via Histonet 
Hello,

My billing group wanted me to ask if anyone is seeing denials for reimbursement 
for HPV testing on male Medicare patients when it is performed on ffpe for head 
and neck tumors? We have seen a few denials recently and they wanted to see 
how everyone is handling the coding.   This is for CPT code 87624.

Thank you in advance for any input you may have on this issue.


Martha Ward, MT (ASCP) QIHC
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC 27157

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Re: [Histonet] [External Sender] Grossing qualifications

2018-01-22 Thread Hannen, Valerie via Histonet 
No. 

Valerie Hannen,MLT(ASCP),HTL,SU (FL)
Section Chief, Histology
Parrish Medical Center
951 N. Washington Ave.
Titusville,Florida 32796
T: (321)268-6333 ext. 7506
F: (321) 268-6149
valerie.han...@parrishmed.com
www.parrishmed.com




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Do histotechs and or histotechnicians qualify to do high complexity grossing 
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An example would be a large breast ressection.

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Re: [Histonet] Decontamination Of Ventana Benchmark Ultra

2018-01-22 Thread Samantha Golden via Histonet 
Our hospital orders office supplies from Staples and they carry the Lysol IC 
that we use for decon.

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From: Allan Wang via Histonet 
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Histonet] Decontamination Of Ventana Benchmark Ultra

Lysol IC as recommended by the tech and manual. I just buy the concentrated
one on Amazon and dilute it 1:250

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Re: [Histonet] Decontamination Of Ventana Benchmark Ultra

2018-01-22 Thread Allan Wang via Histonet 
Lysol IC as recommended by the tech and manual. I just buy the concentrated
one on Amazon and dilute it 1:250

Allan

On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 8:27 AM, Sharon Dwyer via Histonet <
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> What solution are you using to do the decontamination of the Ventana
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[Histonet] Decontamination Of Ventana Benchmark Ultra

2018-01-22 Thread Sharon Dwyer via Histonet 
What solution are you using to do the decontamination of the Ventana 
Ultra, and where can I purchase it?


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[Histonet] Grossing qualifications

2018-01-22 Thread Charles Riley via Histonet 
Do histotechs and or histotechnicians qualify to do high complexity
grossing without a pathologist or PA assistance?

An example would be a large breast ressection.

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Charles Riley BS  HT, HTL(ASCP)CM

Histopathology Coordinator/ Mohs
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