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Anatomic Pathology:

Is Your LEEP Specimen 88305 or 88307?

Published on Tue Oct 10, 2017

3 tips can guide LEEP pathology reporting and coding. If cervical LEEP specimens give you and your pathologists coding fits, you're not alone. Problem: The tissue that the surgeon submits from a cervical Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) is not a "listed" specimen under CPT® surgical pathology exam codes 88302-88309 (Level ..., surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination ...). But [...]
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