Conquer Consultation Confusion -- Here's How
Published on Mon Oct 12, 2009
Make sure you document the 3 'Rs' or miss pay you deserve. You'll need to know more than just specific code definitions if you want to get your referred-material pathology consultation coding right. Let us show you the broader documentation requirements to make sure you get paid -- every time. Recognize the options: When an outside institution sends previously diagnosed cytology or histology slides and/or tissue with a request for your pathologist's review, you can bill a consult code for your pathologist's diagnosis and report using one of the three following codes: • 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. Document the Consult All consultations require the 3 R's -- request (from an independent physician), render (medical opinion), and report (findings). To bill [...]
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