For Medicare, my understanding would be to use the DOS if less than 30 days,
and to use the date pulled from archives if more than 30 days. At least that is
the regs for additional tests. I think it would be the same for consult as
well.
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
Saint Joseph's Hospital
...@harthosp.org; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Consult accessioning question
In our LIS system we put in "specimen date" or DOS and we also have a
"Received date". My understanding, for insurance/billing purposes, you
would need to include the origin
In our LIS system we put in "specimen date" or DOS and we also have a "Received
date". My understanding, for insurance/billing purposes, you would need to
include the original DOS, but you also need to be able to document when you
actually received the specimen.
Just my 2 cents!!!
Wanda
WANDA
Richard,
We use the date of accessioning as the DOS and we wouldn't accession it
until we have received the specimen/materials.
Victor
Victor Tobias HT(ASCP)
Clinical Applications Analyst
University of Washington Medical Center
Dept of Pathology Room BB220
1959 NE Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195
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