Melanin Bleach – Removing Melanin

  • Tech Only CPT
  • Tech Pro CPT
  • PowerPath Code
  • Schedule Monday - Friday
  • Turn Around Time Within 1-2 business days of receipt
  • Disease State Malignant Conditions, Melanoma
  • Methodology Special Stains

Specimen Requirements

Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissue block or cell block, or 1 unstained charged slide for each test requested plus 3-4 additional unstained slides cut at 4 microns. Adequate space on each slide for control tissue is required.

Diagnostic Utility

Melanin bleaching is done primarily to help with melanocytic lesions that have an abundance of cytoplasmic melanin that obscures nuclear detail and mitotic features. Is is helpful in the diagnostic establishment of malignant melanomas.