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    Wiki Surgical path report does not indicate which dysplasia

    Our Leep and Colposcopy path reports always came back noted with mild, moderate, severe or CIN I, II or III. I have now received this surgical path report: A. Cervix, LEEP: -Low grade to focally high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL–HSIL), endocervical margin negative. B...
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    Wiki place of service when billing professional componenet surgical pathology

    Medicare released an article titled correct date of service for specific services. They address surgical pathology and date of service when not billing globally and only billing professional component. It states if the provider did not perform a global service and instead performed only one...
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    Wiki Single Tissue - 2 Containers - 1 or 2 specimens?

    Our physicians' group recently started coding/billing pathology services. We have a scenario that keeps getting different answers from different people: A single tissue specimen was taken. The specimen was divided into 2 pieces and put in 2 separate containers. One container sent for gross...
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