CPT code 95929: Motor evoked study, lower limbs2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $250.17 for 95929 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $220.74–$341.84.

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

What 95929 covers

This study evaluates motor signals traveling from the brain toward the legs. Transcranial stimulation is used to evoke responses recorded from lower-limb muscles, helping assess central motor pathway function in patients with suspected brain or spinal cord disease. Neurologists and clinical neurophysiologists typically perform or interpret the study in a neurodiagnostic laboratory or hospital setting.

Report 95929 when the central motor evoked potential study evaluates the lower limbs; it is distinct from peripheral nerve conduction testing and sensory evoked potential testing. Documentation should identify the clinical question, stimulation and recording sites, responses obtained, and interpretation. CMS recognizes professional and technical components: modifier 26 identifies interpretation, modifier TC identifies equipment and staff, and no component modifier represents the global service. The code is priced bilaterally, 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.

Where 95929 pays more and less

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95929 rates by state

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How the 95929 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 95929

The CMS indicators that decide how 95929 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

95929 compared with similar codes

How to choose

95928Motor evoked potentialsUpper limbs

95928 addresses central motor responses in the upper limbs; 95929 addresses the lower limbs.

95939Motor evoked potentialsUpper and lower limbs

95939 covers central motor evoked testing of both upper and lower limbs, whereas 95929 is the lower-limb service.

95938Sensory evoked potentialsUpper and lower limbs

95938 evaluates somatosensory pathways in upper and lower limbs. Choose 95929 for central motor pathway testing of the lower limbs.

95940Intraoperative monitoringOne-on-one, in operating room

95940 describes intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring time. It is not the diagnostic central motor evoked study represented by 95929.

Codes related to 95929

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

Where these rates come from

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