EM Question

[Stephanie Henson]

what specialties use 88305 most of the time for billing in a office visit?

 

[Paul A]

88305 is a Level IV surgical pathology these would not be billed during an office visit. They would be billed by pathologists.

 

[Stephanie Henson]

88305 is a Level IV surgical pathology these would not be billed during an office visit. They would be billed by pathologists.

Yes I know I meant a level 5 or 4 in e/m coding for a new patient or establish pt. thanks

 

[Laureen]

Hi Stephanie,

You provided a pathology code - is that what you meant to do? Paul is correct that is for a pathologist to use. Perhaps you are referring to an EM audit tool where they give you points for lab procedures - if so this would be a path/lab code for that.