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Is Daily Cognitive Testing Necessary For Autism Spectrum Disorder?
my son has autism, and I cover him on my insurance, his mother providers had billed my insurance for Cognitive testing for several months and most were for several days in a row, why would autism require so much daily cognitive testing, what would the benefit be?
Wed, 7 Jun 2017
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Coding medical procedures are highly specific to the provider or facility doing it in terms of judging the necessity or relevance. If you are questioning or simply wanting more information on what sorts of procedures they are doing and why you must ask the provider that you'd like an explanation. Depending upon the severity of the disorder, how long the person has been on treatment, and exactly what the goals that they are trying to accomplish, it is certainly conceivable that some level of cognitive testing could be employed several days in a row especially, if the child became fatigued or tired to the point where not all the testing could be completed in 1 session. In that case, they might choose to spread all the evaluations out over a few days for convenience to the child.
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Dr. Dariush Saghafi
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Coding medical procedures are highly specific to the provider or facility doing it in terms of judging the necessity or relevance. If you are questioning or simply wanting more information on what sorts of procedures they are doing and why you must ask the provider that you'd like an explanation. Depending upon the severity of the disorder, how long the person has been on treatment, and exactly what the goals that they are trying to accomplish, it is certainly conceivable that some level of cognitive testing could be employed several days in a row especially, if the child became fatigued or tired to the point where not all the testing could be completed in 1 session. In that case, they might choose to spread all the evaluations out over a few days for convenience to the child.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi
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