Coding & Billing Update
By: Stacey Long
As you know by now, there are seven new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) codes for auditory-evoked potentials (AEP) and vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) services. These codes were approved by the American Medical Association (AMA) CPT Editorial Panel for implementation on January 1, 2021.
Highlights:
The two AEP testing codes were replaced with four new codes to better define these services.
- CPT codes 92585 and 92586 are deleted effective December 31, 2020.
- The four new AEP CPT codes are 92650, 92651, 92652 and 92653.
Three new codes were released to simplify reporting of VEMP testing.
- The new VEMP CPT codes are 92517, 92518, 92519
What we’ve learned so far in 2021:
Check out the NEW CPT Codes for Ocular and Cervical VEMP in 2021 article in this newsletter edition authored by Dr. Richard Gans, Ph.D., the Founder & CEO of the American Institute of Balance. He shares a historical perspective of the utilization of VEMP in clinical practice, along with clinical utility and application.
At-a-glance: New Audiology Codes
92650
Auditory-evoked potentials; screening of auditory potential with broadband stimuli, automated analysis
92651
For hearing status determination, broadband stimuli, with interpretation and report
92652
For threshold estimation at multiple frequencies, with interpretation and report
(Do not report in conjunction with 92651)
92653
Neurodiagnostic, with interpretation and report
92517
Vestibular-evoked myogenic potential testing, with interpretation and report; cervical (cVEMP)
(Do not report in conjunction with 92270, 92518, 92519)
92518
Ocular (oVEMP)
(Do not report in conjunction with 92270, 92517, 92519)
92519
Cervical and ocular
(Do not report in conjunction with 92270, 92517, 92518)
