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Focus ISH Professional Interpretation Billing

Distinguish TC, 26 modifier use. Now that you’ve read about the different code families for in situ hybridization (ISH), you need to grasp the huge difference in how to represent the physician professional work involved in the procedures. Use Modifiers With Global Codes Codes +88364-88377 and 88120-88121 are global codes. That means when you report the code without a modifier, [...]
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