CPT^® 88387, Under Surgical Pathology Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 88387 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Surgical Pathology Procedures.

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The analyst performs all the technical steps to examine a tissue specimen using normal sight, dissect out the part of the specimen needed for testing, and then prepare the tissue for nonmicroscopic analysis.

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CCI Issue

When the following codes are billed with 87088 NCCI edits will deny the following codes. 87070 87071 87073 87075 87084 88387 88388 Modifier 59 would be appropriate modifier if two separate cultures a... [ Read More ]

CPT Codes 88387 and 88388

One of my pathologists is wanting to start coding 88387 and 88388 for reports. I don't have any experience with these codes. Could someone please provide me with some information on these codes and ... [ Read More ]

do you think this is an 88387

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

I don't bill these morphometric codes on muscle, nerve, or tumor but I do bill the 88360 for breast cancer hormone receptors. Every report says they were examined by morphometric analysis (manual for... [ 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 ]

88387-88388 new cpt

has anyone began billing 88387 or 88388 yet, and if so what did you have documented to support the service. thanks so much... [ Read More ]

88387 and 88388 new cpt codes

so does anyone have any documentation they feel would support the use of either these codes ?? these are the new 2010 codes. what needs to be documented to bill this?? thanks for your help!!!:)... [ Read More ]

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