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Bill for Completed Tissue Exam

Published on Fri Nov 06, 2020

Question: The surgeon sent five, separately identified colon polyp specimens from a colonoscopy procedure. The pathologist examined each specimen and assigned a diagnosis, but identified one specimen simply as “fecal material.” How should we code this? North Dakota Subscriber Answer: You should bill the polyp exams as four units of 88305 (Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination [...]
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