I would think the patient would have to sign an Against Medical Advise
release just as if they were leaving the ER even though you know they
were having a heart attack.
Should the reason for refusal to have the specimen processed is they do
not have insurance and you do a gross only then they
What is the reasoning for this?? I think the insurance company would want a
diagnosis! Does this person enjoy surgery for the fun of it and not
actually need it? Or maybe she has another problem she doesn't want her
insurance to know about? Although if she has insurance she can't be
retroactively d
sage-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Paula Pierce
Sent: Tuesday, 19 August 2014 7:16 AM
To: Nicole Tatum; Histonet
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Is there a Law for refusal of pathology services.
The tissue sample is
I agree, if you do not document that a specimen was removed most likely
insurance will deny the clain.
SPaturzo
TJU
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From: Nicole Tatum
To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 4:03 PM
Subject: [Histonet] Is there a Law for refusal of pathology services.
Please help,
We had a patient
Please help,
We had a patient today who had a punch bx of what is believed to be a clinical
dermatofibroma. The patient stated they did not wish for the specimen to be
sent for clinical testing. Our ARNP discussed the need for pathology at length
and the patient stated she was a nurse and c
