95939
HCPCS/CPT
Prior Authorization
No Prior Auth Required
Code is covered without prior authorization (high confidence)
Medicare Pricing
Work RVU
2.19
Facility
$589.19
Non-Facility
$589.19
Documentation Required
- Refer to LCD L34975 for the detailed reasonable and necessary clinical criteria and documentation required to support coverage of NEPs.
- Use CPT codes 95925, 95926, 95927, 95928, 95929, 95938, and 95939 for Somatosensory Evoked Potentials/Responses (SEPs/SERs).
- Use CPT codes 92651, 92652, and 92653 for Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials/Responses (BAEPs/BAERs).
- Use CPT code 95930 for Visual Evoked Potentials/Responses (VEPs/VERs).
Key Coverage Criteria
- Neurophysiology Evoked Potentials (NEPs) — including Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEPs), Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials (BAEPs/BAERs), and Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs/VERs) — are covered when determined to be reasonable and necessary in accordance with LCD L34975.
- An IDTF must be credentialed and approved by Palmetto GBA provider enrollment to bill Medicare for a specific diagnostic procedure or material.
- Additional services and supplies (e.g., radiopharmaceuticals, special contrast agents, medications) are payable to an IDTF when the diagnostic test itself is payable and the supplies are commonly separately reimbursed to a physician in an office setting.
- A supervising physician for an IDTF must be licensed in the state(s) where tests are performed, enrolled in Medicare, not excluded, meet proficiency standards for tests supervised, and provide general supervision for no more than three IDTF sites.
- An interpreting physician must be licensed in the state(s) where tests are performed, enrolled in Medicare, not excluded, and qualified to interpret the types of tests (codes) listed on the IDTF enrollment application.
- An IDTF technician must meet applicable state licensure and/or certification standards at the time of enrollment and/or at the time tests are performed and be qualified to perform the types of tests (codes) listed in the enrollment application.
16 Active Policies
L33693 — Peripheral Venous Ultrasound
J09
L34975 — Neurophysiology Evoked Potentials (NEPs)
J12
A53252 — Billing and Coding: Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)
J12
L35007 — Vestibular and Audiologic Function Studies
J12
L35434 — Oximetry Services
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