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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