I am wondering if anyone can assist me with a lab question.
If a practice runs a 86334 and 84165 and processes it, but then sends it for review of a pathologist outside of the practice, can the practice that processed the lab bill with the TC modifier on the 86334 and the 84165 AND the pathologist bill the same codes with the 26 modifier? Or in this scenario, should the pathologist be billing a code from the 80503, 80504, 80505, 80506.
If a practice runs a 86334 and 84165 and processes it, but then sends it for review of a pathologist outside of the practice, can the practice that processed the lab bill with the TC modifier on the 86334 and the 84165 AND the pathologist bill the same codes with the 26 modifier? Or in this scenario, should the pathologist be billing a code from the 80503, 80504, 80505, 80506.