CPT code 92283: Color vision exam, extended testing2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Fort Worth, TX

In Fort Worth, TX, Medicare pays $54.39 for 92283 in the office.

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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 92283 covers

An extended color vision examination evaluates how a patient distinguishes colors using methods such as hue-arrangement testing or an anomaloscope. Ophthalmologists and optometrists may use it to characterize a suspected color-vision deficiency or investigate acquired color-perception changes, including in an ophthalmology or optometry office. The extended testing provides more detail than a basic color-plate examination.

Choose 92283 when the service includes extended testing and interpretation, rather than a simpler color vision examination. Documentation should identify the test method, findings, clinical interpretation, and reason for testing. The code has separately priced professional and technical components: modifier 26 identifies interpretation, modifier TC identifies equipment and staff, and no modifier represents the global service. The ophthalmology diagnostic multiple procedure reduction applies to the technical component. The code is priced as bilateral, so modifier 50 does not increase payment.

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 Fort Worth, TX compares for 92283

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 92283 runs from $47.91 in Arkansas to $76.98 in San Benito County, CA. Fort Worth, TX pays $54.39. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 92283 rate is calculated

Each of 92283’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 92283

The CMS indicators that decide how 92283 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 92283

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

How 92283 has changed in Fort Worth, TX

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Where the Fort Worth, TX rate applies

Fort Worth, TX is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 45 cities and communities in Texas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• 92283 in Fort Worth · multiple payment areas
• Arlington
• 92283 in Azle · multiple payment areas
• Bedford
• Benbrook
• Blue Mound
• 92283 in Briar · multiple payment areas
• 92283 in Burleson · multiple payment areas

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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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