NEED HELP WITH THIS CODING.
SOURCE: pLEURAL FLUID. GROSS DESCRIPTION: 1000 CC CLEAR AMBER FLUID IN FLUID BAG, FROM WHICH FOUR CYTOSPINS ARE PREPAIRED AND STAINED WITH PAPANICOLAOU AND GIEMSA STAINS. IN ADDITION , TWO CELL BLOCKS ARE PREPARED AND STAINED WITH H&E STAIN.
THREE IMMUNOSTAINS (BER-Ep4, B72.3 AND CALRETININ) WERE PERFORMED WITH ADEQUATE CONTROLS.
DX: METASTATIC CARCINOMA, FAVOR LOBULAR CARCINOMA. WOULD THIS BE 88162, AND 88342X3?
SOURCE: pLEURAL FLUID. GROSS DESCRIPTION: 1000 CC CLEAR AMBER FLUID IN FLUID BAG, FROM WHICH FOUR CYTOSPINS ARE PREPAIRED AND STAINED WITH PAPANICOLAOU AND GIEMSA STAINS. IN ADDITION , TWO CELL BLOCKS ARE PREPARED AND STAINED WITH H&E STAIN.
THREE IMMUNOSTAINS (BER-Ep4, B72.3 AND CALRETININ) WERE PERFORMED WITH ADEQUATE CONTROLS.
DX: METASTATIC CARCINOMA, FAVOR LOBULAR CARCINOMA. WOULD THIS BE 88162, AND 88342X3?