A physician performs a breast biopsy for a suspicious lump. The results of this biopsy will determine if the surgeon will progress with further resection or conclude the procedure. The physician awaits the intraoperative results before proceeding. What modifier is assigned to the biopsy code?

Many laboratories have the policy that, in the event of a Rule 12s violation, the control must be repeated. If the result is in range, then patient specimens may be run. Why is this common practice controversial?

A) It circumvents the absolute rejection rule where any rule violation automatically results in rejection. B) It does not follow the standard procedure of verifying a rejection under a single rule using multirule tests. C) It supplants an internal quality-control procedure that was designed specifically to minimize the rate of false rejection. D) All of the above.

This structure of the extensor mechanism lies volar to the axis of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) and dorsal to the axis of the PIP

a. Flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) b. Lumbricles c. Oblique retinacular ligament (ORL) d. Transverse retinacular ligament