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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

92544 in Beaumont

Office / nonfacility

$16.90

Base rate per service

Facility setting

Not available in this setting

Base rate per service

Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.

Vestibular testing

About 92544: Optokinetic nystagmus assessment

This vestibular test records eye movements as a patient watches a moving visual pattern, helping characterize optokinetic responses during evaluation of dizziness or imbalance.

The patient watches a moving visual pattern while a clinician observes or records the resulting rhythmic eye movements. The test examines how the eyes respond to visual motion and can help characterize oculomotor and vestibular function in patients evaluated for vertigo, imbalance, or suspected vestibular dysfunction. Audiologists and otolaryngology practices commonly perform it in a vestibular testing setting.

Report 92544 when optokinetic stimulation is performed as an individual test; distinguish it from smooth-pursuit tracking, which evaluates eye movement while following a target. Record the test performed and findings, including the patient’s eye-movement response to the visual stimulus. Medicare recognizes professional and technical components: use modifier 26 for interpretation, modifier TC for equipment and staff, or neither modifier when billing the global service. When the defined basic vestibular evaluation is reported with 92540, its component tests are not separately unbundled.

CMS billing rules for 92544

Professional and technical components
Diagnostic test with a professional component (modifier 26, interpretation) and a technical component (modifier TC, equipment and staff); billing without a modifier is the global service.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.26 · 49%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU0.25 · 47%
  • Malpractice RVU0.02 · 4%

3.2K

Medicare services in 2024 · #2124 by national volume

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.

92544 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Beaumont, from the same CMS release.

92545

Vestibular test

Oscillating target tracking

$15.93

Choose 92544 for eye movements elicited by a moving visual field. Choose 92545 when testing the patient’s ability to track an oscillating target.

92541

Nystagmus test

Spontaneous, with recording

$23.68

92541 evaluates spontaneous nystagmus, including with gaze and fixation conditions; 92544 evaluates the response to visual motion.

92542

Positional nystagmus

With recording

$27.26

92542 evaluates nystagmus associated with positional changes. 92544 uses a moving visual stimulus rather than a positional maneuver.

92540

Vestibular evaluation

Basic test battery

$98.63

92540 represents the defined basic vestibular evaluation, which includes optokinetic testing among its component tests. Use 92544 for the individual optokinetic test when it is not part of that evaluation.

The same code, a different location

How does Beaumont compare?

In Austin, the office rate for 92544 is $18.13—$1.23 higher than the $16.90 rate in Beaumont. Both use the same code, release and participation basis.

92544 across payment areas

Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0

  1. Beaumont · This locality

    $16.90

  2. Austin

    $18.13

    $1.23 higher than Beaumont

  3. Brazoria

    $17.55

    $0.65 higher than Beaumont

  4. Dallas

    $17.65

    $0.75 higher than Beaumont

  5. Fort Worth

    $17.58

    $0.68 higher than Beaumont

  6. Galveston

    $17.60

    $0.70 higher than Beaumont

  7. Houston

    $17.96

    $1.06 higher than Beaumont

Other payment areas listed in Texas appear first, followed by selected cross-country examples. The chart compares amounts, not distance.

Across 109 of 109 CMS payment localities with a supported office rate, 92544 ranges from $16.20 in Arkansas to $22.29 in Alaska*. This is a geographic range, not an average.

The code’s RVUs stay the same in these comparisons. Geographic adjustments to work, practice expense and malpractice change the dollar amount. A city name alone may not identify the payment area for a service address.

Compare all 108 other payment areas

  • Rest Of Texas

    Texas · 92544

    Office

    $17.21

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.31 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty)

    California · 92544

    Office

    $19.36

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.46 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

    District of Columbia · 92544

    Office

    $19.73

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.83 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Miami

    Florida · 92544

    Office

    $19.07

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.17 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Chicago

    Illinois · 92544

    Office

    $18.67

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.77 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Manhattan

    New York · 92544

    Office

    $20.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.10 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Alaska*

    Alaska · 92544

    Office

    $22.29

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.39 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Alabama

    Alabama · 92544

    Office

    $16.37

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.53 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas · 92544

    Office

    $16.20

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.70 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Arizona

    Arizona · 92544

    Office

    $17.35

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.45 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Bakersfield

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.41

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.51 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Chico

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.44 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • El Centro

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.35

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.45 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Fresno

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.44 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Hanford-Corcoran

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.44 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Madera

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.44 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Merced

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.44 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Modesto

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.44 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Napa

    California · 92544

    Office

    $20.58

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.68 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

    California · 92544

    Office

    $19.21

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.31 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Redding

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.44 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of California

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.44 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.66 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

    California · 92544

    Office

    $19.07

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.17 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Salinas

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.99

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.09 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

    California · 92544

    Office

    $19.29

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.39 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

    California · 92544

    Office

    $21.59

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.69 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)

    California · 92544

    Office

    $21.57

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.67 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)

    California · 92544

    Office

    $22.04

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.14 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)

    California · 92544

    Office

    $21.95

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.05 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.70

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.80 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville

    California · 92544

    Office

    $19.37

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.47 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

    California · 92544

    Office

    $19.02

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.12 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma

    California · 92544

    Office

    $19.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.66 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Stockton

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.44 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Vallejo

    California · 92544

    Office

    $20.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.64 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Visalia

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.44 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Yuba City

    California · 92544

    Office

    $18.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.44 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Colorado

    Colorado · 92544

    Office

    $18.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.29 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut · 92544

    Office

    $18.66

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.76 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Delaware

    Delaware · 92544

    Office

    $17.58

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.68 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Fort Lauderdale

    Florida · 92544

    Office

    $18.35

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.45 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Florida

    Florida · 92544

    Office

    $17.67

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.77 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Atlanta

    Georgia · 92544

    Office

    $18.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.10 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Georgia

    Georgia · 92544

    Office

    $16.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Hawaii, Guam

    Hawaii · 92544

    Office

    $18.57

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.67 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Iowa

    Iowa · 92544

    Office

    $16.59

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.31 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Idaho

    Idaho · 92544

    Office

    $16.68

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.22 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • East St. Louis

    Illinois · 92544

    Office

    $17.71

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.81 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Illinois

    Illinois · 92544

    Office

    $17.35

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.45 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Suburban Chicago

    Illinois · 92544

    Office

    $18.50

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.60 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Indiana

    Indiana · 92544

    Office

    $16.75

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.15 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Kansas

    Kansas · 92544

    Office

    $16.57

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.33 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Kentucky

    Kentucky · 92544

    Office

    $16.72

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.18 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • New Orleans

    Louisiana · 92544

    Office

    $17.30

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.40 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Louisiana

    Louisiana · 92544

    Office

    $16.71

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.19 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Boston

    Massachusetts · 92544

    Office

    $19.60

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.70 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Massachusetts

    Massachusetts · 92544

    Office

    $18.15

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.25 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

    Maryland · 92544

    Office

    $18.61

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maryland

    Maryland · 92544

    Office

    $17.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.93 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maine

    Maine · 92544

    Office

    $16.78

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.12 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Southern Maine

    Maine · 92544

    Office

    $17.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.48 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Detroit

    Michigan · 92544

    Office

    $17.87

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.97 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Michigan

    Michigan · 92544

    Office

    $17.06

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.16 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota · 92544

    Office

    $17.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.57 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Kansas City

    Missouri · 92544

    Office

    $17.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.28 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan St. Louis

    Missouri · 92544

    Office

    $17.30

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.40 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Missouri

    Missouri · 92544

    Office

    $16.53

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.37 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi · 92544

    Office

    $16.37

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.53 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Montana**

    Montana · 92544

    Office

    $17.70

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.80 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina · 92544

    Office

    $16.90

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • North Dakota**

    North Dakota · 92544

    Office

    $17.31

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.41 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Nebraska

    Nebraska · 92544

    Office

    $16.64

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.26 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire · 92544

    Office

    $17.96

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.06 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Northern Nj

    New Jersey · 92544

    Office

    $19.63

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.73 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New Jersey

    New Jersey · 92544

    Office

    $18.88

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.98 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico · 92544

    Office

    $17.14

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.24 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Nevada**

    Nevada · 92544

    Office

    $17.60

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.70 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

    New York · 92544

    Office

    $20.41

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.51 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

    New York · 92544

    Office

    $19.03

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.13 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Queens

    New York · 92544

    Office

    $20.07

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.17 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New York

    New York · 92544

    Office

    $17.09

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.19 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Ohio

    Ohio · 92544

    Office

    $16.98

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.08 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Oklahoma

    Oklahoma · 92544

    Office

    $16.66

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.24 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Portland

    Oregon · 92544

    Office

    $18.60

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.70 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Oregon

    Oregon · 92544

    Office

    $17.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.57 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Philadelphia

    Pennsylvania · 92544

    Office

    $18.33

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.43 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania · 92544

    Office

    $16.98

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.08 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico · 92544

    Office

    $17.78

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.88 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island · 92544

    Office

    $18.07

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.17 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • South Carolina

    South Carolina · 92544

    Office

    $16.97

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.07 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • South Dakota**

    South Dakota · 92544

    Office

    $17.26

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.36 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Tennessee

    Tennessee · 92544

    Office

    $16.63

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.27 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Utah

    Utah · 92544

    Office

    $17.13

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.23 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Virginia

    Virginia · 92544

    Office

    $17.36

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.46 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Virgin Islands

    United States Virgin Islands · 92544

    Office

    $17.78

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.88 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Vermont

    Vermont · 92544

    Office

    $17.29

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.39 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Washington

    Washington · 92544

    Office

    $18.10

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.20 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Seattle (King Cnty)

    Washington · 92544

    Office

    $19.91

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.01 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin · 92544

    Office

    $16.89

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.01 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia · 92544

    Office

    $16.90

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Wyoming**

    Wyoming · 92544

    Office

    $17.53

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.63 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

See how rates vary across the country

92544 · Office / nonfacility · Non-QP. Choose a state to explore its payment localities. A range means the amount varies within that state.

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$16.20

$22.29

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State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AK$22.291
AL$16.371
AR$16.201
AZ$17.351
CA$18.34–$22.0429
CO$18.191
CT$18.661
DC$19.731
DE$17.581
FL$17.67–$19.073
GA$16.93–$18.002
GU$18.571
HI$18.571
IA$16.591
ID$16.681
IL$17.35–$18.674
IN$16.751
KS$16.571
KY$16.721
LA$16.71–$17.302
MA$18.15–$19.602
MD$17.83–$19.733
ME$16.78–$17.382
MI$17.06–$17.872
MN$17.471
MO$16.53–$17.303
MS$16.371
MT$17.701
NC$16.901
ND$17.311
NE$16.641
NH$17.961
NJ$18.88–$19.632
NM$17.141
NV$17.601
NY$17.09–$20.415
OH$16.981
OK$16.661
OR$17.47–$18.602
PA$16.98–$18.332
PR$17.781
RI$18.071
SC$16.971
SD$17.261
TN$16.631
TX$16.90–$18.138
UT$17.131
VA$17.36–$19.732
VI$17.781
VT$17.291
WA$18.10–$19.912
WI$16.891
WV$16.901
WY$17.531

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Turn a percentage into dollars for 92544 in Beaumont. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.

Reference amount per service

$18.59

$16.90 × 110% = $18.59

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How this local rate is calculated

Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 92544 in Beaumont.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

11,812

Code
92544
Physician work
0.26
Practice expense
0.25
Malpractice
0.02

GPCI2026.csv

97

Locality
Beaumont
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.910
Malpractice
0.929
Office / nonfacility calculation for 92544 in Beaumont
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.26× 1.0000.2600
Practice expense0.25× 0.9100.2275
Malpractice0.02× 0.9290.0186
Total RVUs0.5061
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Beaumont$16.90

Values as parsed from CMS release RVU26D, effective 2026-10-01. The amount is rounded to the nearest cent only at the end.

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Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work0.261
Practice expense0.250.91
Malpractice0.020.929

(0.26 × 1 + 0.25 × 0.91 + 0.02 × 0.929) × $33.4009 = $16.90

The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.

How this rate has changed

92544 · Office / nonfacility

$16.90

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $0.25 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $16.65 to $16.90 (1.5%).

It is unchanged from the immediately preceding available release, effective 2026-07-01.

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One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.

What changed, release by release

  1. January 1, 2026

    RVU26A

    $16.65changed to$16.90

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Work RVU 0.27 changed to 0.26
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.903 changed to 0.910
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.947 changed to 0.929

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    Earliest loaded release: $16.65

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

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Each row uses the accepted CMS release effective on that date and the same contractor and locality identifiers. Missing rates stay visible. Historical boundaries may differ; verify the service address for an older claim.

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Effective fromOffice / nonfacilityFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$16.90Not available in this settingRVU26D
2026-07-01$16.90Not available in this settingRVU26C
2026-04-01$16.90Not available in this settingRVU26B
2026-01-01$16.90Not available in this settingRVU26A
2025-10-01$16.65Not available in this settingRVU25D
2025-07-01$16.65Not available in this settingRVU25C
2025-04-01$16.65Not available in this settingRVU25B
2025-01-01$16.65Not available in this settingRVU25A

92544 billing questions

What does this test measure?

It assesses the eye movements produced when the patient views a moving visual pattern. The response helps characterize visual-motion and vestibular-related function.

How is 92544 different from the oscillating tracking test?

92544 evaluates eye movements in response to a moving visual field. The oscillating tracking test, 92545, assesses the patient’s ability to follow a moving target.

Can 92544 be reported separately with 92540?

No. The basic vestibular evaluation represented by 92540 includes the optokinetic test as one of its component tests; do not separately unbundle 92544 from that evaluation.

Which modifiers identify the test components?

Modifier 26 identifies the professional interpretation, and modifier TC identifies the technical service, including equipment and staff. Without either modifier, the claim represents the global service.

What documentation supports reporting 92544?

Document that optokinetic visual stimulation was performed and record the observed or recorded eye-movement response. The record should distinguish this stimulus-response test from smooth-pursuit tracking.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.

Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.

RVUs for 92544PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 11,812 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for BeaumontGPCI2026.csv, line 97 (RVU26D)
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