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Don't Lose Out on FISH Charges

Published on Wed Mar 06, 2013

Question: We perform FISH, and we’re wondering how to bill when we have already probed the specimen and the ordering physician calls and cancels the test. Can we at least bill 88271 to commercial payers for the probes? Similarly, can we bill if the physician orders a FISH ALK, but when the specimen is set up and probed, the result [...]
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