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92537 Caloric vstblr test w/rec

What 92537 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Caloric vstblr test w/rec.

Full CPT long descriptions are licensed by the American Medical Association and are not published on this site; the short descriptor above is the one CMS prints in its own fee schedule file. See About CPT.

Medicare payment for 92537 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.590.570.021.18$39.41
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.590.570.021.18$39.41

National rates: total RVUs x the CY2026 conversion factor of 33.4009 (non-QP), before geographic adjustment. Actual Medicare payment is 80% of the rate shown after the deductible; the patient or secondary payer owes the 20% coinsurance.


Status: Active - payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. Global period: Global concept does not apply.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 92537 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 92537? These codes are bundled into it

92537 is a Column 1 code in 13 active NCCI PTP edits. When one of these Column 2 codes is reported on the same date of service, it is denied as bundled - unless the edit's modifier indicator is 1 and documentation supports a distinct service with an NCCI-associated modifier.

Column 2 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
69209Remove impacted ear wax uni0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
69210Remove impacted ear wax uni0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
92538Caloric vstblr test w/rec0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
99446Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5-101 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99447Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 11-201 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99448Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 21-301 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99449Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 31/>1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99451Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr 5/>1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
99452Ntrprof ph1/ntrnet/ehr rfrl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
G0268Removal of impacted wax md0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

92537 is bundled into these codes

92537 appears as a Column 2 code in 276 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 92537 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
00100Anes px salivary gland w/bx1Check pair
00102Anes px plstc rpr cleft lip1Check pair
00103Anes rcnstv px eyelid1Check pair
00104Anes electroconvulsive ther1Check pair
00120Anes px ear w/bx nos1Check pair
00124Anes px ear otoscopy1Check pair
00126Anes px ear tympanotomy1Check pair
00140Anes procedures on eye nos1Check pair
00142Anes px on eye lens surgery1Check pair
00144Anes px eye corneal trnspl1Check pair
00145Anes px eye vitreortnl surg1Check pair
00147Anes px on eye iridectomy1Check pair
00148Anes px eye ophthalmoscopy1Check pair
00160Anes px nose&sinus nos1Check pair
00162Anes px nose&sinus rad surg1Check pair

Data: CMS CY2026 Physician Fee Schedule RVU file (October release, RVU26D) and Medicare NCCI PTP practitioner edits v32.3 (2026 Q4). Verify against the official files before billing or contracting decisions.