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92555 Speech threshold audiometry

What 92555 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Speech threshold audiometry.

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 92555 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.000.880.010.89$29.73
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.000.880.010.89$29.73

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 92555 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 92555? These codes are bundled into it

92555 is a Column 1 code in 6 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
0210TSpeech audiometry threshold0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
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
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

92555 is bundled into these codes

92555 appears as a Column 2 code in 12 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 92555 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0212TCompre audiometry evaluation0Check pair
0728TDx alys vstblr implt uni 1st0Check pair
0729TDx alys vstblr implt uni sbq0Check pair
92556Speech audiometry complete0Check pair
92557Comprehensive hearing test0Check pair
92601Cochlear implt f/up exam <70Check pair
92602Reprogram cochlear implt <70Check pair
92603Cochlear implt f/up exam 7/>0Check pair
92604Reprogram cochlear implt 7/>0Check pair
92640Aud brainstem implt programg1Check pair
G0153Hhcp-svs of s/l path,ea 15mn1Check pair
G0161Hhc slp ea 15 min1Check 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.