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3 Tips Substantiate Bone Marrow Case Study Coding

Published on Mon Nov 05, 2012

Grab separate biopsy, aspirate, and clot pay. Bone marrow cases can have lots of complicated parts, some of which you can -- and some of which you can't -- separately bill. That's why you need to track our experts through the following case study to learn how to seize the opportunities, avoid the pitfalls, and get home by six. Read the Path Report Study the following abbreviated pathology report and see if you can tease out the procedures that you should bill for the case. Patient: 72-year-old female Medicare beneficiary, outpatient procedure Specimen: Bone marrow biopsy and aspirate, peripheral blood smear Gross description: The specimen is labeled as right posterior iliac crest bone marrow biopsy and consists of a core of brown-tan bone measuring 2.0 x 0.2 cm and abundant red fibrinous clots measuring 1.0 cm in aggregate. The bone is decalcified and totally submitted labeled A1. The clots are submitted labeled [...]
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