2025 HCPCS code V5120
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Binaural, body worn hearing aid.
Medical necessity must be established for the use of a body worn hearing aid.This typically includes documentation of significant hearing loss and the reasons why a body worn aid is required rather than other types of hearing aids.
Report this code when a patient receives a body worn hearing aid for both ears.
In simple words: This code covers a hearing aid worn on the body for people who have hearing loss in both ears. The hearing aid has a box with all the parts and is connected to earpieces.
This code covers the supply of a body worn binaural hearing aid for patients with hearing loss in both ears. A body worn hearing aid consists of an external box worn by the patient containing a microphone, amplifier, volume control, on/off switch, and a battery.The earpiece is attached to this box. This type of hearing aid is typically dispensed for patients with severe hearing loss. Reasons for dispensing binaural hearing aids include stenosis of the ear canal, otitis media, wax impaction, bony growth in the ear canal, tympanic membrane perforation, or otosclerosis.
Example 1: A patient with severe hearing loss in both ears due to otosclerosis is fitted with a binaural, body worn hearing aid., A patient with bilateral stenosis of the ear canal receives a body worn binaural hearing aid., Following bilateral tympanic membrane perforations, a patient is fitted with a body worn hearing aid.
Documentation should support the medical necessity for a binaural, body worn hearing aid, including the diagnosis causing hearing loss, severity of hearing loss, and type of hearing aid dispensed.
- Specialties:Audiology, Otolaryngology
- Place of Service:Office, Outpatient Hospital, Other Place of Service