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Nucleic Acid Probes:

Tripped Up by Too Many ISH Codes? Read This

Published on Tue Jun 11, 2019

Distinguish anatomic and clinical tests. If you want to unscramble the four code families (and more!) that describe in situ hybridization (ISH) procedures you might encounter in your claims reporting, we’ve got the primer for you. Basics: ISH is a lab method that uses a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) sequence (called a “probe”) that carries a label such as [...]
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