Professional charges are designated with modifier 26 - Technical - TC. 
Global billing uses no modifiers. 
There are some codes that are professional only - such as the 88323 you
mentioned.
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Sue Danielson [SMTP:sdaniels@post.its.mcw.edu]
	Sent:	Monday, August 07, 2000 3:28 PM
	To:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
	Subject:	CPT codes-prof vs tech?

	Hello,

	Can anyone in histoland direct me on how to determine/designate a
CPT code
	as professional versus technical?  Hopefully, someone can send me to
the
	written criteria somewhere which can help determine this.  I sort of
assumed
	that a code such as 88319 (histochemistry) would be technical, while
a code
	like 88323 (written report on referred slide material) would be
	professional.  Can a single CPT code be both professional and
technical at
	the same time?

	Thank you all in advance!

	Susan Danielson, MS
	Neuromuscular Lab Coordinator
	Dept. Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin
	ph:414-259-3836
	Fax: 414-454-7905
	email: sdaniels@mcw.edu