Pathology/Lab Coding Alert

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88237 Code Per Specimen

Question: We set up two tissue cultures from the same bone marrow specimen with two different lot numbers. If we have an abnormality in one culture, we need the second to verify or rule-out that abnormality. Or, when we set up two tissue cultures from a bone marrow specimen, we might need the second one for mitogen for the pathologist [...]
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