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Test Code PATH18: SPECIMEN TO PATHOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY SPECIMEN TO PATHOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY 

Additional Codes

Epic EAP: PATH18

Epic Description: SPECIMEN TO PATHOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY 

 

Synonym

Dermapathology

DIF

Dermatology

Pathology

Specimen Type

Tissue Dermatology

Patient Instructions/Preparation

  • If the specimen documentation requirements are not met, specimens may be rejected, which will delay final diagnosis. Certain specimens may be rejected with recommendation to recollect.
  • Each specimen container/jar must be labeled with the following information: 
    • Full patient name
    • MRN
    • Date of birth
    • Sex
    • Specimen source, including laterality, that fully matches the source on the order requisition. If the source is abbreviated on the printed label, a handwritten source must be provided on the container/jar.
  • Specimens are accompanied with Epic orders that include:
    • Full patient name
    • MRN
    • Date of birth
    • Sex
    • Patient location
    • Full name of physician and unique doctor number (if applicable)
    • Date of collection
    • Clinic history, if applicable
    • ICD-9 code of all outpatient specimens
    • Specimen source and description with site specific words, including laterality, that fully matches the source and description on the specimen container.

Specimen Required

 

 

  Collection Container Preferred Volume Minimum Volume
Preferred

10% neutral buffered formalin

 20:1 10:1
Alternate DIF - Michel's fixative 20:1 10:1

 

Instructions for Collection and Transport

  • Ochsner main campus: Benson Cancer Center, 4th Floor
  • Ochsner community sites: Refer to your local laboratory for routing instructions
  • All specimens must be looged in at their proper destination
    • All specimens must be logged into logbook.
    • AP courier will pick up the specimen and log the specimen out indicating that it has been picked up by the lab.
  • Frozen section specimens are submitted immediately by being delivered by the OR staff directly to the pathology lab with the Frozen Section Request Form
    • **After 5PM on weekdays and on weekends, contact the Pathologist On-Call in advance for frozen sections.
  • Ochsner Main Campus Merril Hines Operating Rooms will place fresh specimens in specimen refrigerator.
  • Main Campus Operating Rooms will place fresh specimens in the specimen refrigerator.
  • Community Site Operating Rooms: Follow your facility specific delivery protocols for specimen delivery to your on-site laboratory.
  • Clinics will submit specimens in formalin and take these specimens to your specimen pick-up location or if at Main Campus to Central Specimen Receiving (CSR).

Performing Lab

OMC Anatomic Pathology Lab

Assay Frequency

Monday – Friday (8AM – 5PM)

Routine Turnaround Time

5 days excluding weekends and holidays.

CSR Storage Requirements

Formalin -room temperature

Fresh - refrigerator

Michel's - refrigerator

CPT Code (s):

88304, 88305