Is it correct to return 502 in the case a call to an API fails even if my API is not acting totally as a proxy, but rather as a client? Code example:

public async Task<IActionResult> CheckSomething(MyModel model)
{
    try
    {
        var result = await _anotherApi.CheckSmt();
        if (!result.Successful)
        {
            return StatusCode(StatusCodes.Status502BadGateway, $"Error on external API");
        }

        return Ok(result.Result);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {

    }
}