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CASE 1
R/O MRSA - Central line catheter
Clinical Indications:(Clinical indications provide medical necessity when there are no other
findings.) Patient with fever not responsive to antibiotics
Collected: 03/30/XX 17:45
Accession Num: TXXXXX
Status: Authenticated
Method: Single nucleic acid sequence (Note the method used to identify the infectious agent
and/or resistance.)
Culture:
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated (Select the diagnosis code based on
the findings.)
What are the CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes?
87641
A49.02
CASE 2
Requesting Provider: CI, MD
SURGICAL PATHOLOGY REPORT Collected: Received: 3/4/2011, the pathologist providing the
service is an employee of the lab.
, Materials Received for Consultation: Three referred specimens described as left base of tongue,
left tonsil and right tonsil (There are three specimens.)
CLINICAL DATA:
Slides are prepared and reviewed in conjunction with the patient being seen for Radiation
Oncology consultation for carcinoma of base of tongue (Use this diagnosis as consultation on
referred materials is negative.)
FINAL DIAGNOSIS:
Eight slides prepared and reviewed A - H
Left base of tongue (part A) and right tonsil, biopsies (parts B, C, G): Squamous mucosa and
tonsillar tissue; no carcinoma identified.
Left tonsil, biopsies (parts D, E, F, H): Tonsillar tissue with no carcinoma identified. (A total of
eight slides are prepared and reviewed for a single case.)
What are the CPT and ICD-10-CM codes
88323
C01
CASE 3
Requested by P Norris, MD
SURGICAL PATHOLOGY REPORT
MATERIALS RECEIVED:
Referred slides of inguinal lymph node
CLINICAL DATA: History of Merkel cell carcinoma.
FINAL DIAGNOSIS:
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CASE 1
R/O MRSA - Central line catheter
Clinical Indications:(Clinical indications provide medical necessity when there are no other
findings.) Patient with fever not responsive to antibiotics
Collected: 03/30/XX 17:45
Accession Num: TXXXXX
Status: Authenticated
Method: Single nucleic acid sequence (Note the method used to identify the infectious agent
and/or resistance.)
Culture:
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated (Select the diagnosis code based on
the findings.)
What are the CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes?
87641
A49.02
CASE 2
Requesting Provider: CI, MD
SURGICAL PATHOLOGY REPORT Collected: Received: 3/4/2011, the pathologist providing the
service is an employee of the lab.
, Materials Received for Consultation: Three referred specimens described as left base of tongue,
left tonsil and right tonsil (There are three specimens.)
CLINICAL DATA:
Slides are prepared and reviewed in conjunction with the patient being seen for Radiation
Oncology consultation for carcinoma of base of tongue (Use this diagnosis as consultation on
referred materials is negative.)
FINAL DIAGNOSIS:
Eight slides prepared and reviewed A - H
Left base of tongue (part A) and right tonsil, biopsies (parts B, C, G): Squamous mucosa and
tonsillar tissue; no carcinoma identified.
Left tonsil, biopsies (parts D, E, F, H): Tonsillar tissue with no carcinoma identified. (A total of
eight slides are prepared and reviewed for a single case.)
What are the CPT and ICD-10-CM codes
88323
C01
CASE 3
Requested by P Norris, MD
SURGICAL PATHOLOGY REPORT
MATERIALS RECEIVED:
Referred slides of inguinal lymph node
CLINICAL DATA: History of Merkel cell carcinoma.
FINAL DIAGNOSIS:
