3 Tips Solve Outside Consult Puzzle
Published on Mon Oct 12, 2009
Know when to capture additional special stain pay. Between Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits and conflicting guidance about reporting 88321-88325 with special stains, who knows what to do? Let our experts sort out the confusion with three rules of engagement. Know the codes: The following codes describe pathology consultations on slides and/or other material (such as a tissue block) referred from an outside laboratory: • 88321 -- Consultation and report on referred slides prepared elsewhere • 88323 -- Consultation and report on referred material requiring preparation of slides • 88325 -- Consultation, comprehensive, with review of records and specimens, with report on referred material. Consider the following three tips to learn when and how you can report special stains in addition to these consultation codes. Then, make sure you've mastered the ground rules for using 88321-88325 by reading "Conquer Consultation Confusion -- Here's How," on page 101. Tip 1: If You Don't Prepare the [...]
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