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(CPT4 Code): 88305 Limited Coverage test - click here for more information

Request Form: Surgical Pathology Laboratory Tissue Consultation (Requisition Form 86)

Storage Instructions: See Special Instructions FIRST. Biopsies of the GI tract should be submitted in 10% neutral buffered formalin in a labeled with the patient's first and last names, unit history number, and specimen identification.

Availability: Deliver to Surgical Pathology Laboratory, Room 2.186, John Sealy Annex, Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM. After hours, specimens may be left in the refrigerator adjacent to the lab that opens to the corridor.

Special Instructions:

• If lymphoma is suspected at endoscopy, additional biopsies should be taken, placed in a labeled container on Telfa pad moistened with saline, and brought immediately to Surgical Pathology for lymphoma protocol. Deliver directly to a technician or to a Surgical Pathology Fellow/Resident.
• If microsporidial or exotic infection difficult to diagnose by light microscopy is suspected, additional biopsies should be fixed immediately in glutaraldehyde at 4°C., delivered at once to Surgical Pathology to be held for possible electron microscopy studies. Fixative may be obtained from Surgical Pathology Laboratory, Room 2.186, John Sealy Annex.
• Request Form must include ICD-9 code, physician’s name, ID code, signature, clinical history and diagnosis.

Reviewed by Robert Stewart  6/22/12