tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 22

Cochlear Implants: Avoid Noncovered Codes For Speech Devices, Swallowing Tests

Try billing 31575 instead of 92613, 92615 or 92617The 2003 CPT added new codes for cochlear implants, augmentative or alternative speech devices and swallowing tests (92601-92617). With so many options, it's easy to get confused.  Medicare will no longer cover 92510 (Aural rehabilitation following cochlear implant) because it overlaps with 92601-92604 (Diagnostic analysis of cochlear implant ...). The addition of 92601-92604 will help physicians differentiate between rehab following cochlear implant and the diagnostic analysis and programming of the implants, says Steven White with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. When a patient receives a cochlear implant, the physician must...

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