Hi KokilaG,
No, based on having a quantity of 3+ cassettes does not allow you to simply bill 88307. It is typical at our facility to see a melanoma excision "color-coded" on each side (such as - red, blue, yellow, green) to represent the orientation (which would be a minimum of 4 cassettes which already exceeds your 3 cassettes and to actually determine if the patient still has this medical condition or not (they will make all "several" cassettes necessary to either rule "this condition in" or goodness, hopefully "rule this condition out").
What do you have for a specimen? Basic non HIPAA information may provide additional answers to your question.
From my experience (coder, denials, coding analyst), I like to read both the macroscopic and microscopic of any pathology report to provide answers.
Some questions to keep in mind: Why was the specimen provided to the pathology department for review? What was the pathologist's final interpretation? Did you review the operative/procedure report - was the biopsy a "deep resection" - if so how far down (please review the microscopic)? Or by chance was this actually a soft tissue mass instead?
In my opinion - I would actually post these questions on the pathology forum instead of here. There are several really great coders that monitor that site often and provide help.
Have a Great Evening & Thanks for listening,
Dana Chock, RHIT, CPC, CANPC, CHONC, CPMA, CPB
Coding Associate Analyst (May 2018-Present)
Coder - Anesthesia (2013-2018), Pathology (2012-2018) and Laboratory (2012-2018)