When Reporting Organ or Disease-Oriented Panels, If All but One

question 34

True/False

When reporting organ or disease-oriented panels, if all but one of the tests within the panel is substantiated by the physician's documentation, it is acceptable to assign the code with modifier -52 to the code used to report the service.

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Definitions:

Medulla

The inner region of an organ or the medulla oblongata, a part of the brainstem involved in autonomic functions.

Pons

A part of the brain stem that links the medulla oblongata and the thalamus, involved in regulating breathing and other functions.

Corpus Callosum

A large band of nerve fibers connecting the two hemispheres of the brain, facilitating communication between them.

Cerebellum

The part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates, responsible for coordinating and regulating muscular activity.