We do the same as Jennifer.  One charge per stain, per specimen source.
Mary Bryhan

----- Original Message -----
From: MacDonald, Jennifer <jmacdonald@sach.org>
To: 'Weems, Joyce' <JWEEMS@sjha.org>; 'Histonet'
<histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>; 'Horn, Hazel'
<HornHazelV@exchange.ach.uams.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 6:00 PM
Subject: RE: Charges again


> We charge once, as CPT states each as in each stain, not slide.  If they
> were two separate specimens we would charge 88312 x 2.
>
> Jennifer MacDonald
>
> > ----------
> > From: Horn, Hazel[SMTP:HornHazelV@exchange.ach.uams.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 4:32 PM
> > To: 'Weems, Joyce'; 'Histonet'
> > Subject: RE: Charges again
> >
> > I would charge twice.................
> > Hazel
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Weems, Joyce [SMTP:JWEEMS@sjha.org]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 01:30 PM
> > > To: 'Histonet'
> > > Subject: Charges again
> > >
> > > Do you guys charge for one GMS when you do one on a ThinPrep slide and
> > on
> > > a
> > > cell block slide? Since they both come from the same specimen, I
> > question
> > > two charges, but we often do them at separate times! j
> > >
> > > Joyce Weems
> > > Pathology Manager
> > > Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
> > > 404-851-7376
> > > 404-851-7831 - fax
> > >
> >
>
>