If a Clinic Owns Its Own X-Ray Equipment, What Modifier

question 38

Multiple Choice

If a clinic owns its own x-ray equipment, what modifier would be used when coding for the supervision and interpretation of a cardiac catheterization?

• A)-26
• B)-TC
• C)-51
• D)no modifier

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Definitions:

Subduction Zone

A region of the Earth's crust where one tectonic plate moves under another, leading to volcanic activity and earthquakes.

Arc

A continuous portion of a circle or other curved line, or in geological terms, a curved series of volcanic islands that form above a subducting plate.

Tectonic Terrane

A fault-bounded body of rock that has a different geologic history than adjacent regions.

Horst and Graben

Geological structures where a horst is a raised block of the earth's crust bordered by faults, and a graben is a lowered block of the earth's crust bordered by parallel faults.