CPT code 92083: Visual field exam, extended visual field testing2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $63.80 for 92083 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $56.88–$85.95.

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

What 92083 covers

Extended visual field testing maps peripheral and central sensitivity with automated quantitative threshold perimetry, commonly on Humphrey or Octopus equipment using 24-2, 30-2, or 10-2 patterns. Qualifying Goldmann kinetic testing plots at least three isopters and checks static points within the central 30 degrees. A technician administers the test in an eye clinic or hospital outpatient department; an ophthalmologist or optometrist interprets reliability, defect patterns, and changes from prior fields. Common indications include glaucoma surveillance, optic neuropathy, chiasmal lesions, and hydroxychloroquine toxicity monitoring.

Select 92083 for a documented extended strategy rather than intermediate suprathreshold testing or limited screening. Record the strategy, eye or eyes tested, reliability, results, and clinical interpretation. Report one unit whether one or both eyes are tested: CMS prices the code as bilateral, and modifier 50 does not increase payment. Modifier 26 identifies interpretation only; modifier TC identifies equipment and staff only. Bill without a component modifier when both portions are provided. When performed with other eligible ophthalmic diagnostic tests, the ophthalmology diagnostic multiple procedure reduction affects eligible technical components.

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.

Where 92083 pays more and less

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92083 rates by state

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How the 92083 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 92083

The CMS indicators that decide how 92083 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

92083 compared with similar codes

How to choose

92082Visual field testIntermediate level

Report 92082 for an intermediate strategy, such as automated suprathreshold testing or Goldmann mapping with two isopters and central static testing. Quantitative threshold programs or qualifying three-isopter mapping support 92083.

92081Visual field testLimited examination

Report 92081 for limited methods such as a tangent screen, arc perimeter, or single-intensity screening. Quantitative threshold testing is an extended method reported with 92083.

92014Comprehensive eye examEstablished patient

Code 92014 reports a comprehensive eye examination, which may include routine field assessment. Separately performed, medically necessary extended perimetry is a diagnostic test reported with 92083.

Codes related to 92083

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

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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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