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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
*This rule applies to any case with extra blocks and/or levels requested by the pathologist. | *This rule applies to any case with extra blocks and/or levels requested by the pathologist. | ||
==History== | |||
*The CAP-ACP workload committee document states this rule has ''not'' been modified from the 2014 edition of L4E (see ''Page 4'').<ref name=capacp2018/> However, the ''General Guidelines for Coding'' (see ''Page 7'') have changed for L2 (from 0.333 L4E to 0.25 L4E) and L1 (from 0.15 to 0.125);<ref name=capacp2018/> thus, the rule in the 2018 edition of L4E results in a different weighting where larger cases have significantly less value. | |||
**Cutting 6 deepers in 2014 was 0.3 L4E; in the 2018 edition it is 0.25 L4Es. | |||
**Submitting 6 additional blocks in 2014 was 2 L4E; in the 2018 edition it is 1.5 L4E. | |||
==Details== | ==Details== | ||
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| normal colorectal mucosa submitted as polyp + 3 deepers cut = 0.5 + 0.125 L4E | | normal colorectal mucosa submitted as polyp + 3 deepers cut = 0.5 + 0.125 L4E | ||
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Note: | Note: | ||