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96125 Cognitive test by hc pro

What 96125 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Cognitive test by hc pro.

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 96125 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)1.701.340.043.08$102.87
Facility (hospital, ASC)1.701.340.043.08$102.87

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 96125 at 2 units per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 3 - date of service edit (clinical): units above the MUE may pay with documentation on appeal), rationale: Clinical: Data. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 96125? These codes are bundled into it

96125 is a Column 1 code in 15 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
96127Brief emotional/behav assmt0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96146Psycl/nrpsyc tst auto result0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96160Pt-focused hlth risk assmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96161Caregiver health risk assmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97151Bhv id assmt by phys/qhp0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97152Bhv id suprt assmt by 1 tech0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97153Adaptive behavior tx by tech0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97154Grp adapt bhv tx by tech0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97155Adapt behavior tx phys/qhp0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97156Fam adapt bhv tx gdn phy/qhp0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97157Mult fam adapt bhv tx gdn0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
97158Grp adapt bhv tx by phy/qhp0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

96125 is bundled into these codes

96125 appears as a Column 2 code in 107 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 96125 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0362TBhv id suprt assmt ea 15 min0Check pair
0373TAdapt bhv tx ea 15 min0Check pair
92521Evaluation of speech fluency1Check pair
92522Evaluate speech production1Check pair
92523Speech sound lang comprehen1Check pair
92524Behavral qualit analys voice1Check pair
96020Functional brain mapping1Check pair
96105Assessment of aphasia1Check pair
96110Developmental screen w/score1Check pair
96112Devel tst phys/qhp 1st hr1Check pair
96113Devel tst phys/qhp ea addl1Check pair
96116Nubhvl xm phys/qhp 1st hr1Check pair
96121Nubhvl xm phy/qhp ea addl hr1Check pair
96130Psycl tst eval phys/qhp 1st1Check pair
96131Psycl tst eval phys/qhp ea1Check 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.