The amount of time a cryostat takes to get to cutting temperature depends on
the age of the machine, manufacturer, and air flow around the cryostat. We have
4 Avantiks the newer ones cool faster than the older ones and the one that is
under a wall cabinet with about 2 feet from the top of the cryostat to the
bottom of the cabinet takes about an hour longer to cool. The cryostats are
kept at -27. The cooling time for the quicker one is 2 hours from room
temperature (70 degrees Fahrenheit) and the slower one is 3 hours.
I would suggest you plan for 4 hours and monitor the cooling time so you know
for the next time you need to shutdown the cryostat. I have had Leicas and
Thermo Fisher cryostats and they were different. Hope this helps.
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>From: "Webster, Thomas S."
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>Subject: Re: [Histonet] CPT Code 88172
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>You can only bill for 88172 if the pathologist looks at the FNA slide(s)
>during the procedure. Otherwise do not attempt to bill for it. It is a
>physician code.
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>From: "Joe W. Walker, Jr."
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>Hi Thomas,
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>What is your reference source for stating this is "a physician code"? In
>reviewing our coding data, this code carries a facilities component in
>addition to a professional component. I agree that a pathologist must perform
>the review in order to bill for both, but I am aware of people in New England
>who bill just the TC when a technologist provides the adequacy interpretation
>and some payers cover this charge.
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>You can only bill for 88172 if the pathologist looks at the FNA slide(s)
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