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Pathology/Lab Coding Alert

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Billing Entity Drives Code Selection

Published on Wed May 08, 2013

Question: We are a pathology group that is contracted with the hospital to perform all pathology services. Sometimes we get a thorocentesis/paracentesis specimen that was sent to hematology for evaluation. Depending on what they find, they will ask our pathologist to review the pre-made slide from their cytospin. We will also receive the fluid, from the same procedure, in which [...]
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