Specimen:

Tissue

Minimum:

Pathology Consultation. The attending physician must sign the 
requisition indicating if s/he would like the consulting pathologist to 
order additional stains and/or procedures necessary to render a 
diagnosis.

The requisiton must contain: patient name, medical record number, 
biopsy date, tissue source, complete patient history.

Tissue for frozen section evaluation or other special studies should be
delivered fresh (wrapped in saline soaked gauze) to the Surgical
Pathology Laboratory, 5804 JPP.  Place all other tissue in 10% neutral
buffered formalin and deliver to the Surgical Pathology Laboratory.

Analytic Time:

2 days

Reference Range:

The pathologist will provide an interpretative report.

Comments:

The Surgical Pathology window at 5804 JPP is open Mon.-Fri 0730-1900.
After hours deliver the formalin fixed tissue to the Critical Care
Laboratory in 5802 JPP. If submitting fresh tissue after hours, contact
the Surgical Pathology resident on call by paging 131-3265.  The
resident will provide delivery instructions.

CPT code is dependent on: tissue source, extent of surgery, and
diagnosis.

Methodology:

Light microscopy

CPT Code:

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