Pathology Associates Of Lexington, P.A.

Liver Biopsy Charge Codes

So that we can do the best job possible for your diagnosis, we make every reasonable effort to obtain medical information from the doctor who referred you for the liver biopsy at Lexington Medical Center, Dept. of Radiology. We save the extra serum component of the blood that was drawn on you so that certain blood tests that might be needed (because of what we see with our microscope in your liver biopsy) can be done without an extra trip by you to a lab. Thereby, we would hope to have all needed information for you doctor when they sit down with you to discuss the findings. At no charge, we do some chemistry liver tests and obtain a blood smear for review. We have the Radiologist get two biopsies so that we can look at the tiny biopsy pieces of your liver in two different ways. Using this Mayo Clinic style, we get the exact and accurate diagnosis on one biopsy encounter by you >98% of the time.

CPT Code	Reason	Notes about charge amount
85060-26 blood smear	to look for any evidence of atypical lymphocytosis (a clue to EBV or CMV viral infection)	most often courtesy, no charge
88305-26 one biopsy interpretation, formalin-fixed, routine H&E stain	the standard	full charge
88305-26 one biopsy interpretation, M2-fixed, routine H&E stain	may be able to discern cell injury better on this one	most often courtesy, no charge
88313-26 special stain, iron	look for hemochromatosis	full charge
88313-26 special stain, d-PAS	look for alpha-1 AT deficiency	full charge
88313-26 special stain, trichrome	look for/grade fibrosis/cirrhosis	full charge