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Match Pathology Report Keywords to Uterus Codes

Published on Thu Jul 06, 2006

Common descriptions and diagnoses lead the way

Never again lose money by downcoding a uterine specimen. When the terms in your pathology or surgical report don't match the CPT descriptions, look to this concise chart to help find the right code every time.
 
-Pathologists can simplify coding by striving to use key terms in the pathology report that correspond to CPT definitions,- says Dennis Padget, MBA, CPA, FHFMA, president of DLPadget Enterprises Inc., a pathology business practices publishing company in Simpsonville, Ky. But when the description doesn't match CPT terminology , you can cross-reference this chart to clarify coding.
 
The table does not include codes for uterine adnexa or products of conception.
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