Procedure Code - Audiology

CPT Code	Official CPT Description	Uses
92550	Tympanometry and reflex threshold measurements	This bundled code is used to bill 92567 and 92568 when they are performed on the same patient on the same date of service.
92551	Screening test, pure‐tone, air only.	This is the code for a pass‐fail pure‐tone screening.  This is inappropriate to use when thresholds are established. Medicare does not cover this procedure.  This code means the same thing as V5008 (hearing screening).
92552	Pure tone audiometry (threshold); air only	This code is only used when performing air conduction threshold testing in isolation of 92553, 92555, and 92556, whether it is under headphones, insert phones, or in the sound field; use a ‐52 modifier (reduced service) if only one ear is tested.  Add a ‐59 (distinct procedural service) if performed with 92555 or 92556.
92553	Pure tone audiometry (threshold); air and bone	This code is only used when performing air and bone conduction threshold testing in isolation of 92552, 92555, and 92556, whether it is under headphones, insert phones, or in the sound field; use a ‐52 modifier (reduced service) if only one ear is tested or if only bone is performed.  Add a ‐ 59 (distinct procedural service) if performed with 92555.
92555	Speech audiometry threshold	Speech reception/awareness threshold; this code is only used when performing this measure in isolation of 92552, 92553, and 92556 when it is under headphones, insert phones, or in the sound field; use a ‐52 modifier (reduced service) if only one ear is tested. Add a ‐59 (distinct procedural service) if performed with 92552 or 92553.
92556	Speech audiometry threshold with speech recognition	Speech reception/awareness threshold and speech recognition / speech understanding / word recognition testing; there is no CPT code for speech recognition alone; this code is only used when performing this measure in isolation of 92552, 92553, and 92555 when it is under headphones, insert phones, or in the sound field; use a ‐52 modifier (reduced service) if only one ear is tested or if only speech recognition testing is performed. Add a ‐59 (distinct procedural service) if performed with 92552.
92557	Comprehensive audiometry threshold evaluation and speech recognition (92553 and 92556 combined)	This code includes air and bone conduction testing (92553), speech audiometry threshold and speech recognition testing (92556); this code cannot be unbundled (bill 92552, 92553, 92555, or 92556 in combination); bone conduction testing must be completed to bill 92557; use a ‐52 modifier (reduced service) if only one ear is tested or if not all components of the code are performed.
92558	Evoked otoacoustic emissions, screening (qualitative measurement of distortion product or transient evoked otoacoustic emissions), automated analysis	This code is for a pass‐fail OAE screening with automated interpreatation; typically used for newborn hearing screening only; this code is non‐covered by Medicare
92563	Tone decay test	This code is used for any tone decay testing to rule out retrocochlear pathology; use a ‐52 modifier (reduced service) if only one ear is tested
92565	Stenger test, pure tone	This is a test for malingering; this code is billed if the test is done unilaterally or bilaterally

92567	Tympanometry (impedance testing)	This code includes tympanometry and Eustachian  tube
		dysfunction  measures; some insurance carriers are
		beginning  to bundle (add on) this procedure to the
		comprehensive audiogram code (92557); use a ‐52
		modifier (reduced service) if only one ear is tested; could
		add a ‐22 modifier for Eustachian tube  function and/or
		fistula testing

TAGS: audiology cpt codes, cpt code 92587, cpt code 92546, 92537 cpt, cpt code 92552, cpt code for middle ear catheterization, cpt code for speech evaluation, cpt code for nasal function study, cpt 92585,