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.

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.