CPT code 90792: Psychiatric evaluation, with medical services2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Iowa

In Iowa, Medicare pays $193.77 for 90792 in the office and $154.65 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 90792 covers

A psychiatrist or other qualified clinician performs a psychiatric assessment that includes medical services. The work may include reviewing psychiatric and medical history, conducting a mental status examination, forming a diagnostic impression, assessing medication needs, and developing a treatment plan. It is commonly provided in an office or hospital outpatient setting for a patient who needs a diagnostic assessment, including when medication may be part of care.

Select this code when the diagnostic evaluation includes medical services, rather than an evaluation without them. Documentation should support the assessment, findings, diagnostic impression, and medical decisions, including medication-related decisions when made. CMS values the service through physician work, practice expense, and malpractice components; practice expense has separate office and facility valuations. The code represents the diagnostic evaluation, not an ongoing medication follow-up visit.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Iowa compares for 90792

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 90792 runs from $191.22 in Arkansas to $272.73 in Alaska. Iowa pays $193.77. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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90792 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 90792 rate is calculated

Each of 90792’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 90792

90792 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

Codes related to 90792

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 90792 has changed in Iowa

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Where the Iowa rate applies

Iowa is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 1026 cities and communities in Iowa. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ackley
• Ackworth
• Adair
• Adel
• Afton
• Agency
• Ainsworth
• Akron

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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