Code 92509 is used to report evaluation of speech production, receptive language, and expressive language.

Code 92509 is used to report evaluation of speech production, receptive language, and expressive language.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. It reports only speech
• D. It reports only language

Answer: (B)

Understanding what a CPT code covers is essential in speech-language pathology billing. A comprehensive evaluation of speech production, receptive language, and expressive language is a diagnostic assessment, documented and coded to reflect testing and interpretation of results. The code in question does not describe that diagnostic evaluation. It is used for a different service, such as another type of encounter (for example, a screening or a treatment-related service), not the full diagnostic evaluation of speech and language. Therefore, the statement is false.

Understanding what a CPT code covers is essential in speech-language pathology billing. A comprehensive evaluation of speech production, receptive language, and expressive language is a diagnostic assessment, documented and coded to reflect testing and interpretation of results. The code in question does not describe that diagnostic evaluation. It is used for a different service, such as another type of encounter (for example, a screening or a treatment-related service), not the full diagnostic evaluation of speech and language. Therefore, the statement is false.