Oral Pathology

Oral Pathology Service Information

Overview

  • Board-certified Oral Pathologist provides diagnosis of Oral and Head & Neck specimens to include collaboration with Board-certified CAPTURE Oral & Maxillofacial Radiologists

Services

  • Gross and microscopic examinations of specimens via pre-paid 1st Class USPS shipping (with tracking)
  • Oral Pathology Reports returned within 72 hours unless unique immunohistochemistry staining/procedures required

Location

  • 9201 Sunset Blvd, Suite 903, West Hollywood, CA 90069

 

How to Submit a Biopsy

Step 1:  Request Free Biopsy Kit

  • Click “Request Free Biopsy Kit” button
  • Once at Oral Medicine & Pathology Center home page, click “Click Here to…” button on top right
  • Fill out form
  • For new clients, you will be called to confirm account / mailing information
  • Biopsy supplies, instructions, envelopes, and pre-paid USPS forms will be mailed to you

Step 2:  Biopsy Submission

  • Use Requisition Form provided to you
  • Add “CBCT sent to Capture 3DR” (ensures expedited collaboration)
  • Patient pays via credit card information put on form signed by patient

Step 3:  Package and Mail Biopsy Specimen

  • Label and tightly seal container
  • Attach pre-paid USPS form to envelope and send off!

Step 4:  Receive Oral Pathology Report

  • Sent to you via secure portal within 72 hours of receipt of biopsy

 

ICD-10-CM Diagnostic Codes

What does “ICD-10-CM” mean?

  • It stands for the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Cause of Death (ICD), 10th revision (10), with Clinical Modification (CM)

Why does it matter?

  • Federal and state laws mandate biopsies & medical/dental insurance claims cannot be processed without them

How do I use them?

  • Pathology Report will come back with these listed indicating the specific diagnosis – if insurance reimbursement is sought out after-the-fact by the patient, these codes are used

ICD-10 Codes are listed below in the following format:

ICD-10 Code – Diagnosis – Qualifier

  • K12.2 – Abscess – Oral
  • M27.2 – Abscess – Jaw
  • L02.01 – Abscess – Skin / Neck
  • L81.8 – Amalgam Tattoo
  • D16.5 – Ameloblastoma – Mandible
  • D16.4 – Ameloblastoma – Maxilla / Skull
  • M27.49 – Aneurysmal Bone Cyst (Traumatic, Hemorrhagic)
  • D10.0 – Benign Neoplasm – Lip
  • D10.1 – Benign Neoplasm – Tongue
  • D11.0 – Benign Neoplasm – Parotid
  • D11.7 – Benign Neoplasm – Other Major Salivary Gland
  • D11.9 – Benign Neoplasm – Major Salivary Gland, Unspecified
  • D10.2 – Benign Neoplasm – Floor of Mouth
  • D10.30 – Benign Neoplasm – Unspecified Mouth
  • D10.39 – Benign Neoplasm – Other Parts of Mouth
  • D10.4 – Benign Neoplasm – Tonsil
  • D14.0 – Benign Neoplasm – Middle Ear and Nasal Sinus
  • M27.9 – Bone Marrow Defect – Hematopoietic
  • M27.8 – Bone Marrow Defect – Osteoporotic
  • I77.9 – Caliber Persistent Artery
  • B37.9 – Candidiasis
  • M27.1 – Central Giant Cell Granuloma (CGCG)
  • M27.40 – Cyst of Undetermined Origin
  • M27.49 – Cysts, Bone (Aneurysmal, Traumatic, Hemorrhagic)
  • M27.0 – Dental Follicle (Enlarged)
  • K09.0 – Dentigerous Cyst
  • K09.0 – Developmental Cyst NOS
  • K13.29 – Dysplasia – Mild
  • K13.29 – Dysplasia – Moderate
  • K13.29 – Dysplasia – Severe
  • K09.9 – Epidermoid Cyst – Mouth
  • L72.0 – Epidermoid Cyst – Skin
  • K13.70 – Epulis Fissuratum
  • K09.0 – Eruption Cyst
  • K14.1 – Erythema Migrans
  • L51.8 – Erythema Multiforme
  • M27.8 – Exostosis
  • D16.5 – Fibro-osseous Lesion – Mandible
  • D16.4 – Fibro-osseous Lesion – Maxilla
  • K13.70 – Fistula – Mouth
  • K11.4 – Fistula – Salivary Gland
  • L98.8 – Fistula – Cutaneous
  • K13.29 – Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia (Heck’s)
  • K13.4 – Foreign Body Granuloma / Reaction
  • K14.1 – Geographic Tongue
  • K09.0 – Gingival Cyst
  • K14.0 – Glossitis
  • M27.2 – Granuloma (Dental)
  • B00.2 – Herpes Lip
  • K14.3 – Hairy Tongue
  • D18.09 – Hemangioma – Oral
  • D18.01 – Hemangioma – Lip / Skin
  • K13.21 – Hyperkeratosis
  • K13.29 – Hyperkeratosis (with Dysplasia)
  • M27.9 – Hyperplastic Dental Follicle
  • M27.9 – Incisive Canal Contents
  • K09.1 – Incisive Canal Cyst / Structures
  • M27.2 – Inflammation (Acute and/or Chronic) – Jaw
  • K12.2 – Inflammation (Acute and/or Chronic) – Oral Soft Tissue
  • K13.79 – Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia
  • C46.2 – Kaposi Sarcoma – Palate
  • C46.91 – Kaposi Sarcoma – NOS
  • L91.0 – Keloid
  • D48.5 – Keratoacanthoma
  • K09.0 – Lateral Periodontal Cyst
  • L43.9 – Lichen Planus
  • K13.21 – Lichenoid Keratosis
  • D18.1 – Lymphangioma
  • K09.9 – Lymphoepithelial Cyst
  • R59.9 – Lymphoid Hyperplasia
  • L93.2 – Lupus
  • D17.79 – Lipoma – Oral
  • D17.30 – Lipoma – Skin
  • K14.2 – Median Rhomboid Glossitis
  • L81.8 – Melanin Incontinence
  • L81.8 – Melanoacanthoma
  • L81.8 – Melanotic Macule
  • K13.21 – Morsicatio Buccarum (Chronic Cheek Biting)
  • K11.6 – Mucocele – Oral
  • J34.1 – Mucocele – Sinus
  • K12.2 – Mucocele – NOS
  • K11.8 – Mucous Duct Cyst
  • K09.8 – Nasolabial Cyst
  • K09.1 – Nasopalatine Duct Cyst (Incisive Canal Cyst)
  • K11.8 – Necrotizing Sialometaplasia
  • D22.0 – Nevus – Lip
  • D22.30 – Nevus – Skin of Face
  • D22.4 – Nevus – Scalp / Neck
  • D22.20 – Nevus – Ear
  • K13.24 – Nicotinic Stomatitis
  • K12.39 – Nonspecific Ulcer
  • D16.4/16.5 – Odontoma
  • D16.4/16.5 – Odontogenic Keratocyst (OKC)
  • K13.70 – Oro-Antral Fistula
  • I99.8 – Organizing Thrombus
  • D16.5 – Osteoma – Mandible
  • D16.4 – Osteoma – Maxilla
  • K13.79 – Ossifying Fibroma – Peripheral
  • D16.4/16.5 – Ossifying Fibroma – Central
  • M27.2 – Osteomyelitis (Acute / Chronic)
  • M27.2 – Osteonecrosis – Acute
  • M87.180 – Osteonecrosis – Due to Medication
  • M27.8 – Osteonecrosis – Due to Radiation
  • D10.0 – Papilloma – Lip
  • D10.1 – Papilloma – Tongue
  • D10.39 – Papilloma – Other Oral
  • D14.1 – Papilloma – Laryngeal
  • D14.0 – Papilloma – Nostril
  • D10.5 – Papilloma – Oropharynx
  • D10.6 – Papilloma – Nasopharynx
  • K04.7 – Parulis
  • L12.1 – Pemphigoid
  • L10.0 – Pemphigus
  • M27.2 – Periapical Scar
  • K13.79 – Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma
  • K13.79 – Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma
  • I87.8 – Phlebolith
  • J33.8 – Polyp – Aural / Otic
  • J33.8 – Polyp – Maxillary Sinus
  • K13.4 – Pyogenic Granuloma
  • K12.33 – Radiation Changes
  • K11.6 – Ranula
  • K04.8 – Radicular Cyst
  • K00.4 – Regional Odontodysplasia
  • M27.40 – Residual Cyst
  • J34.1 – Retention Cyst Sinus
  • K13.79 – Retrocuspid papilla
  • K08.3 – Root Fragment / Root Tip
  • K11.8 – Salivary Gland Defect
  • K13.70 – Scar
  • K11.20 – Sclerosing Sialadenitis
  • L82.1 – Seborrheic Keratosis
  • M27.2 – Sequestrum Jaw
  • K11.21 – Sialadenitis – Acute
  • K11.20 – Sialadenitis – Chronic
  • K11.5 – Sialolith
  • M35.00 – Sjögren’s Syndrome
  • L57.9 – Solar Elastosis
  • K00.1 – Supernumerary Tooth
  • J34.1 – Surgical Ciliated Cyst
  • K13.4 – Suture Granuloma
  • I86.0 – Thrombosed Varix – Sublingual
  • I86.8 – Thrombosed Varix – Other Sites
  • K00.4 – Tooth Anomaly
  • K03.3 – Tooth Fragment
  • I77.9 – Tortuous Labial Artery
  • M27.8 – Torus Mandibularis
  • M27.8 – Torus Palatinus
  • M27.49 – Traumatic Bone Cyst (Aneurysmal, Hemorrhagic)
  • K13.70 – Traumatic Neuroma Mouth
  • K13.70 – Traumatic Ulcerative Granuloma with Stromal Eosinophilia (TUGSE)
  • K12.30 – Ulcer NOS
  • I86.0 – Varix – Sublingual
  • I86.8 – Varix – Other Sites
  • I99.8 – Vascular Anomaly
  • B07.9 – Verruca Vulgaris
  • K13.70 – Verruciform Xanthoma
Billing Policy / Medical Insurance Participation

Fees

  • $325 per site (hard or soft tissue)

Fee for Service / Credit Card only

  • Once Biopsy Kit arrives for analysis, patient credit card information on the Requisition Form will be used for payment
  • If patient desires insurance reimbursement after-the-fact, a “super bill” with appropriate ICD-10-CM Diagnostic Codes can be provided – reimbursements will be sent directly to the patient (if approved by the insurance company)

 

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