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Capture Consult and Special Stains

Published on Fri Feb 07, 2014

Question: When we receive a tissue block for consultation and prepare additional H&E slides plus special-stain slides for microorganisms, can we separately bill for the special stains? California Subscriber Answer: Yes, you can separately bill for special stains with a referred pathology consultation if you prepare/evaluate the special stain slides yourself from the referred material. You should bill 88323 (Consultation [...]
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