CPT^® 88332, Under Surgical Pathology Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 88332 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Surgical Pathology Procedures.

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Pathology consultation during surgery provides necessary and precise information pertaining to diagnosis and prognosis that aids a surgeon in deciding whether to proceed further during surgery. Frozen sections enable a pathologist and surgeon to make timely decisions during an operation. Use this code for each additional tissue block with frozen sections.

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does cpt 88314 need additional code 88312 or 88313?

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Pathology Consultations

[SIZE=2][FONT=arial narrow]80500 - [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=arial narrow]A limited clinical pathology consultation is a service rendered by a pathologist to provide addit... [ Read More ]

Pathology Consultations

I would like clarification on when Clinical Pathology Consultations (80500 and 80502) would be used and when 88329-88332 would be used. Thank you for your help!... [ Read More ]

Consultation during surgery 88329-88332

Can these codes be reported by the same provider performing the surgery? I often see surgeons report these as they are stating they did the pathology themselves. I would think a consultation is someon... [ Read More ]

Help with 88323 17311 88332 mohs with permanent path pathology consult

Hello, I need help with understanding this code (88323). We are trying to send a "wet" specimen/slides from Mohs to a pathologist for a consultation to check for Perineural Invasion. We have cleare... [ Read More ]

Frozen sections

Hi, New working with lab and I would like your opinion in how to bill when frozen are perform as far as 88305, 88331 and 88332. Scenario: first frozen section sent but not clear, physician got 3 add... [ Read More ]

Surgical Pathology 88331+88304?

Hello, I am a student of CPC. I have a problem on the following question, hope somebody else can help to solve my problem since my examination date is on next week. Many thanks! Question: During a c... [ Read More ]

88331 & 88332

Am doing an audit of our pathology practice and not sure they have accurately reported all procedures. I see the documentation for both 88331 codes but I can't really figure out if we have the correc... [ Read More ]

88331 and 88332 with seperate breasts

[b]88331 and 88332 in pathology[/b] Thank yoiu bbooks. I was hoping you would answer. I saw that you code for pathology and I felt relief when I found you. LOL. Sounds crazy hey? I appreciate your... [ Read More ]

88331 and 88332 with seperate breasts

If each breast is submitted as a separate specimen, then, yes, you can charge 88331 and 88332 for each.... [ Read More ]

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