Test and Orders: Tests

Panels and profiles

  • Panels and Profiles:
    • It is not against the law for a laboratory to allow the use of panels, profiles and custom panels.
    • The laboratory must ensure that the ordering doctor knows what tests are included in a panel or profile and what CPT codes will be billed to the Medicare program.
    • The laboratory notifies doctors about panels and profiles through a written notice and the requisition.
    • Employees should not permit the order of any panel or profile not authorized by the laboratory.

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