Joanne,

In most hospitals, the DOS is the day the specimen was removed.  This often
causes even more of a rush to try to comply with billing rules of posting
the charge(s) in a certain amount of days.  (varies from institution to
institution, but is usually 3 to 5 days)  Can't possibly complete some
procedures or they aren't even ordered before then. One cannot post a charge
until it's been ICD9 coded and that has to be done from the final diagnosis.
Difficult to impossible.

Don Hammer, Retired Guy
----- Original Message -----
From: Suder, Joanne <joanne.suder@uphs.upenn.edu>
To: Histonet (E-mail) <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 11:26 AM
Subject: Date of Service


> Histonetters,
> I need everyones opinion as to what a "Date of Service" is considered to
be.
> Is it the day tissue is received in the laboratory for processing or the
day
> the pathologist renders their diagnosis. Please reply to the e-mail
address
> below.
>
> Thank you
>
> Joanne C. Suder BA HT (ASCP)
> Practice Manager - Department of Dermatology
> University of Pennsylvania Health System
> 3700 Market St Suite 312
> Philadelphia, PA 19104
> 215-662-6759
> 215-374-4410 (pager)
> 215-349-5509 (fax)
> joanne.suder@uphs.upenn.edu
>
>
>