Otolaryngology Coding Alert
CCI 18.1 Edits Affect Auditory Function, Speech Testing
Question: New Jersey Subscriber Answer: You should not report 92620 (Evaluation of central auditory function, with report; initial 60 minutes) with 92571 (Filtered speech test), 92572 (Staggered spondaic word test), or 92576 (Synthetic sentence identification test). Similarly, you should not report 92621 (... each additional 15 minutes [List separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) with the same codes: 92571, 92572, or 92576. All of these edits have a modifier indicator of "0," meaning you cannot separate them with a modifier.
Otolaryngology Coding Alert
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