B-Cell Acute Lymph Leuk, FISH

• CPT Code: 88291, 88271, 88274, 88275
• LOINC:
• Specimen Type: Na heparin whole blood or Bone Marrow
• Frequency: Setup: Mon-Fri; Analytic time 7 days
• Instructions: 7-10 mL whole blood from Na Hep Green, Ambient. Alt/1-2mL Bone Marrow in green tube. Cannot be frozen or clotted.
• Text: FISH is not a substitute for conventional chromosome studies because the latter detects many chromosome anomalies associated with other hematological disorders that would be missed by this FISH panel test.
• Methodology: Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)

Components

• B-Cell ALL, Fish