CPT^® 88300, Under Surgical Pathology Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 88300 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Surgical Pathology Procedures.

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The physician, typically a pathologist, performs a level I examination of a surgical pathology specimen. The examination includes accessioning the specimen into the lab, which involves formally receiving the specimen, and then examining gross features of the specimen and reporting findings.

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X modifier for multiple units of surgical pathology code

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description for pathology codes

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Pathology Code for Nail Clippings

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Touch preps are only chargeable per the CPT definition if they are performed as part of an intraoperative path consult (See 88329-88334). Since that would have been done by the hospital's pathologist ... [ Read More ]

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