Otolaryngology Coding Alert
Vestibular Function Test
Question: The descriptor for CPT code 92543 says, constitutes four tests. Do we bill for six services if we do ice water?
Sheila Johnston
Brookwood ENT, Birmingham, Ala.
The standard exam described in the CPT code lists warm and cold water, both ears. Therefore, a 4 should be place in the units box next to the code on the HCFA 1500 claim form. When the patient also is tested with ice water in both ears, six tests in total are performed. Therefore, the otolaryngologist should place a 6 in the units box. (For more information on vestibular function tests, see the article ENG Now Medicares Only Paid Vestibular Function Test on page 36 of the November 1999 Otolaryngology Coding Alert.)
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