Below is a list summarizing the CPT codes for surgical pathology procedures. CPT Code 88300 CPT 88300 describes Level I Surgical pathology services that include gross examination only. CPT Code 88312 CPT 88312 describes a special stain, including interpretation and report for Group I microorganisms such as acid-fast and methenamine silver. CPT Code 88313 CPT…
CPT 88305 can be used to report a level IV examination of a surgical pathology specimen. This procedure includes accessioning the specimen, performing a gross and microscopic examination, and reporting findings. What Is CPT Code 88305? CPT code 88305 describes a level IV examination of a surgical pathology specimen performed by a physician, typically a…
Use CPT 88342 for an initial single antibody stain on (a) slide/slides from a single specimen followed by interpretation for a pathologic diagnosis. 1. What Is CPT Code 88342? CPT 88342 covers a procedure in which a lab analyst uses a single patient specimen (for example, a tumor tissue) and applies an initial single antibody…
Surgical pathology can be billed with CPT 88367, CPT 88368, CPT 88369, CPT 88373, CPT 88374 & CPT 88377. Underneath the billing guidelines and descriptions of the procedure codes. Billing Guidelines The guidelines will require pathologist/laboratories to clearly document when a multiplex/cocktail stained probe procedure has been performed for morphometric analysis by in situ hybridization….
The CPT codes for Surgical pathology are setup to represent the first single antibody stain procedure (CPT 88342) and then followed with a code for each additional single antibody stain procedure (CPT 88341). NOTE that CPT 88341 has a + sign denoting it is an add on code and can only be billed when CPT…
