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Master Intraoperative Frozens and Touch-Prep Coding

Published on Mon Feb 11, 2019

Question: Our pathologist evaluated a colon resection during surgery by performing frozen section exams on two resection margins and squash preps on one of the margins. How should we code the case? Iowa Subscriber Answer: Report the intraoperative frozen section exams of two distinct margins using the following codes: 88331 (Pathology consultation during surgery; first tissue block, with frozen section(s), [...]
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