CPT^® 88356, Under Surgical Pathology Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 88356 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Surgical Pathology Procedures.

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After a lab analyst prepares slides, the qualified provider, typically a pathologist, performs a morphometric analysis to evaluate size, shape, and other physical features of a nerve.

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cpt 88355-88356,88358 - does anyone bill these codes

Procedure code 88356 is listed on the Medically Unlikely Edit. Has anyone had luck in getting more than one paid by insurances? Do you just attach the notes on the original claim submission?... [ Read More ]

Would Modifier 91 be applicable for a clinical pathology lab to use for CPT code 8835

[b]Modifier 91 for cpt 88356[/b] Thank you for your response ,when I posted the question I did realize that cpt was incomplete "8835" it should been enter as 88356. Therefore I have edited the cpt c... [ Read More ]

Would Modifier 91 be applicable for a clinical pathology lab to use for CPT code 8835

[b]Would Modifier 91 be applicable for a clinical pathology lab to use for CPT 88356[/b] .Referring physician performed multiple skin biopsies for a single patient on different biopsy sites in a sing... [ Read More ]

cpt 88355-88356,88358 - does anyone bill these codes

I code these occassionally (88356), and they include PGP9.5 stain (88342) as well. This is typically what I see in my reports: ____________ Fifty micron sections of the two skin biopsies are prepared ... [ Read More ]

cpt 88355-88356,88358 - does anyone bill these codes

does anyone bill these codes, can you give me an example of the documentation you would see that would lead you to bill this, also no one has ever answered my same question on the new cpt codes 88387... [ Read More ]

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