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81521 - to risk of distant metastasis

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Procedure / Serviceto risk of distant metastasis
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Code NAME/DESCRIPTION COMMENTS - Oncology (breast), mRNA, microarray gene expression profiling of 70 content genes and 465 housekeeping genes, utilizing fresh frozen or formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue, algorithm reported as index related 81521 to risk of distant metastasis Oncology (thyroid), mRNA, gene expression analysis of 10,196 genes, utilizing fine needle aspirate, algorithm 81546 reported as a categorical result (eg, benign or suspicious)

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