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Short Name

Procedure Master Number

Procedure ID

Clinical Info

Specimen Type

Blood

Container

Gray Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Please provide a pathology report with each specimen. The laboratory will not reject specimens that arrive without this information but will hold the specimen until a pathology report is received. Paraffin-Embedded Tissue BlockFormalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor tissue block. Include 1 hematoxylin-and-eosin stained slide. Label container with patient’s name and laboratory control number. Forward promptly at ambient temperature. Specimen cannot be frozen.

Transport Instructions

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Using DNA Probes

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

88271 x 4 - DNA probe, each 88275 x 2 - interphase in situ hybridization
88365 - interpretation and report
88313 - stain (if appropriate)

PDM

5340000

Results