Immunos are charged similiar to special stains - per antibody/specimen using
CPT code 88342.
eg.  S100 on Block A and B - 88342 x 2
       S100 on Blocks A1 and A2 - 88342
You want to charge at least the Medicare reimbursment rate.  Try to find the
"going rate" in your area.  It does vary.


Jennifer MacDonald
San Antonio Community Hospital
Upland, CA  91786
(909) 985-2811 ext. 4148
jmacdonald@sach.org

> ----------
> From: 	Jim Staruk[SMTP:Jstaruk@masshistology.com]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, July 18, 2000 10:03 AM
> Cc: 	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: 	Re: Workload/Productivity
> 
> I was just about to pose the same question, except my problem is fees.
> I'm
> going crazy trying to establish a set fee for immuno staining.  Some
> antibodies are one step, no pre-treatment while others require MOM (mouse
> on
> mouse) pre-treatment, heat, over night incubations, etc.  I've had some
> investigators send me antibodies they know little to nothing about and ask
> me to "see if I can get it to work"!   I'm curious to find out how others
> charge for immunos.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jim
> ____________________________
> James E. Staruk, HT(ASCP)
> Mass Histology Service
> http://www.masshistology.com
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Patricia Bourne <p_bourne_14526@yahoo.com>
> To: Weems, Joyce <JWEEMS@sjha.org>
> Cc: <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 7:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Workload/Productivity
> 
> 
> > That is a very good question.  I have been trying to
> > figure that out for the last six months.  The old CAP
> > scored Immunocytochemistry as 13 minutes per slide.
> > That was before all the pretreatments.  And that was
> > manually.  Cutting blocks for the first cut was 3.5
> > minutes with each additional cut at 2.0.  I have
> > others if anyone is interested.  I know that medicaid
> > and medicare recently just adjusted the technical
> > componet but I am not sure what RU relate to.  Anyone
> > have any ideas.....?  TTFN
> >
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