CPT^® 88307, Under Surgical Pathology Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 88307 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Surgical Pathology Procedures.

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Summary

The physician, typically a pathologist, performs a level V 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 and microscopic features of the specimen and reporting findings.

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Brain Biopsy

Hi, I have something to share on this scenario. Please do not assume that when a surgeon performs a brain biopsy that it "[B]automatically warrants assigning procedure 88307”.[/B] Yes, you as the co... [ Read More ]

Brain Biopsy

Since the brain has different segments, when a pathologist has a brain biopsy and the specimens are submitted in separate containers, would you code for each specimen individually as 88307 x ??? (howe... [ Read More ]

"In House" pathology guidelines

Hi, I have a general question regarding pathology I would like to ask, and I was hopeful my AAPC pathology colleagues would have some insight to offer on my findings please. As I become acclimated in... [ Read More ]

Pathology

Hi [USER=532258]serennaodonnell[/USER], I have had to unfortunately code these procedures. When you review the pathology report, and they provide that neat little table of the exact location of cance... [ Read More ]

Pathology

[I]We have a patient who had a total rhinectomy. We cannot find any information about this procedure in our manual. The specimen measured 5.5 x 4.5 x 1.1. The Pathologist submitted cassettes 1A thru 1... [ Read More ]

Recent Pathology Denial Trends

Hi Pathology Colleagues, I wanted to address a few recent denials I am seeing and alert you so that together, we can be proactive coding these scenarios. First, you receive the EOB (Explanation of B... [ Read More ]

TRACHELECTOMY (cervix) W/ TUBES AND OVARIES ??

Yes, 88307 is equivalent to a conization. Ovaries would be 88305.... [ Read More ]

Help with CPT code

In my practice. If it is labeled as a “sentinel node” and there is a lymph node present we always code to 88307 regardless of the diagnosis. Hope that helps!... [ Read More ]

88305 vs 88307 for bone biopsy

The pathologist also stated that for bone biopsies 88307 can only be coded if the referring physician is looking for tumor, and osteomyelitis. Need clarification please... [ Read More ]

88305 vs 88307 for bone biopsy

Hello, I work for a pathology lab. And the referring provider sent a bone biopsy to our lab indicating degenerative joint disease and hammertoe. The pathologist wants to code 88305? Is he down coding... [ Read More ]

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