CPT^® 88334, Under Surgical Pathology Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 88334 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. Cytologic examinations, such as touch or squash preps of each additional site, provide rapid evaluation of tissue that enables a pathologist and surgeon to make timely decisions during a procedure. Use this code for each additional site after the first.

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Electrophoresis

Hi [USER=327373]Malevolus[/USER] I will try to help with what I can. There is quite a bit of information and questions. Please reach out if I may have missed something alright. Okay, first you don't h... [ Read More ]

Electrophoresis

I recently started coding several lab tests - 88334, 88335, 84165, 84166. Often on the results report there is no diagnosable condition or clinical history listed. I get things like: "Weak IGG band ... [ Read More ]

FNA/FNAB - Can you bill 88173 and 88305 if no cell block was created but tissue was submitted

Hi [USER=285843]llg2020,[/USER] Cytology coding can be very confusing at times, but I may be able to help. Needle core biopsies do occur all the time. If a true fine needle aspiration did occur; ... [ Read More ]

Need Help.. I am preparing to CPC exam

If we have a scenario like this... Dr. Lee performed an intraoperative consultation on a bile duct tumor requiring frozen section and cytological evaluation to a bladder tumor... How would you report... [ Read More ]

Touch preps (for adequacy only)

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 ]

touch prep on tissue biopsy

Can you bill 88333 on core tissue biopsy and cpt codes 88104 or88112 together, Pagdgets say that only for Fluids, brushings and washings- with guidelines. But our cytopathologist here feel that when ... [ Read More ]

Billing Consultation code 88329 multiple times

[b]touch prep on tissue biopsy cpt 88333[/b] Good morning I am an auditor for pathology, my question is for TISSUE specimens, can you bill 88333 with either 88104,88112 for INTRAOPERATIVE services, I... [ Read More ]

Touch Prep - 88333

I think this can be 88333 X 1, 88334 X 4. Each touch prep was done on a different lymph node, so that certainly qualifies for "additional site."... [ Read More ]

Touch Prep - 88333

Hi, Anyone can clarify the below scenario. I understand that 88333 will be coded for the initial site Touch prep and 88334 for additional site. Please advise how will you consider and code the belo... [ Read More ]

88329

Here is a link to the information on what need to be done to be able to use that code. If its merely collecting the specimen and putting it in a jar no you cannot bill this code. Criteria below has to... [ Read More ]

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