CPT coding for orientation?

[alaska82]

Is there any CPT coding for
1. Going into the OR and getting the orientation of the specimen from the surgeon?
2. Sometimes surgeon takes a piece of fresh tumor for his research study, so they call the pathology resident to come into OR and observe?

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[pathstudent]

Is there any CPT coding for
1. Going into the OR and getting the orientation of the specimen from the surgeon?
2. Sometimes surgeon takes a piece of fresh tumor for his research study, so they call the pathology resident to come into OR and observe?

Pathology residents can't bill for anything so if it is a resident that goes in, then the answer is no, but if a pathologist is called to the O.R. for orientation or gross examination, the code is 88329. The interaction must be documented in the final report. The reimbursement is close to zilch.

 

[scienceguy19]

how about billing the surgeon for misoriented lumpectomies, picking out staples in thyroidectomies, disimpacting colectomies, and forcing us to differentially ink 1 cm lipomas?
i wish we pathologists were treated better!

 

[Entgegen]

how about billing the surgeon for misoriented lumpectomies, picking out staples in thyroidectomies, disimpacting colectomies, and forcing us to differentially ink 1 cm lipomas?
i wish we pathologists were treated better!

Such cruel and unusual punishment...