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Cytogenetics:

Marshal Pay for Microscopic Chromosomal Analyses

Published on Mon Sep 07, 2015

Differentiate molecular test codes. The current focus on explosive growth in molecular pathology testing can take your head out of the game when faced with coding some old-fashioned cytogenetic tests. In fact, you need to make sure you’re familiar with codes 88230-88299 in the CPT® Cytogenetic Studies section when your lab performs microscopic chromosome studies to identify changes associated with [...]
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