AMA CPT® Assistant - 2009 Issue 6 (June)
Medicine/Special Otorhinolaryngologic Services (June 2009)
June 2009 page 10a Questions and Answers:Medicine/Special Otorhinolaryngologic Services Question: Should modifier 52, Reduced services, be appended to code 92568 if all of the frequencies of standard acoustic reflex testing are not tested (eg, 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz are completed but 4000 Hz is not)? Or should modifier 52 be reported only if ipsilateral testing is performed? Answer: Code 92568, Acoustic reflex testing; threshold, represents four test conditions: two contralateral stimulations (right ear and left ear) and two ipsilateral stimulations (right ear and left ear). In acoustic reflex testing, the perception of sound is compared to a reflex...
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