Question
If I bill 92557, is there a specification for "traditional" audiometry? When I bill 92557, I have typically tested at 9 frequencies (.125, .25, .5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 kHz). I have also seen persons who bill 92557 and only test 6 frequencies (.250, .125, .5, 1, 2, 4, 8 kHz). How is 92557 defined?Answer
92557 is valued on the basis of a minimum of octave frequencies from .25 kHz through 8 kHz for air conduction testing, .25 kHz through 4 kHz for bone conduction testing and also includes SRT and word recognition testing.
Robert C. Fifer, Ph.D. is currently the Director of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at the Mailman Center for Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Fifer is the President of the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, a member of ASHA's Health Care Economics Committee, and the ASHA representative to the American Medical Association's Health Care Professions Advisory Committee for the Relative Value Utilization Committee in addition to being ASHA's representative to the AMA's Practice Expense Advisory Committee.
