Assessment Instruments
- Balance Error Scoring System (BESS): Scoring, Administration & Use — The Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) measures postural stability after concussion in 3 stances, 6 trials. Learn scoring, interpretation, and clinical use.
- Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R) — BVMT-R measures visual/nonverbal memory with six alternate forms for serial testing. Learn scoring, administration time, and which CPT code covers it.
- Digit Span Test: Administration, Scoring & CPT Billing — Digit Span Test guide: what it measures, how it's scored, normal vs. below-average ranges, and how administration fits CPT 96136-96139 billing.
- GAD-7 Anxiety Scale: Scoring, Interpretation, and Billing — GAD-7 measures generalized anxiety severity in 7 items and 2-5 minutes. See scoring bands, clinical use, and which CPT code covers administration.
- Headache Impact Test (HIT-6): Scoring, Interpretation & Billing — HIT-6 measures how headache affects daily life in 6 items. Learn scoring bands, administration time, clinical use, and CPT billing for concussion care.
- King-Devick Test: Sideline Concussion Screening Explained — The King-Devick Test measures rapid number naming to screen for concussion-related eye movement and attention deficits. Learn scoring, timing, and use.
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): Scoring, Interpretation, and Billing — MoCA scoring bands, administration time, and how the Montreal Cognitive Assessment fits concussion and cognitive workups, plus which CPT code covers it.
- PHQ-9 Depression Screening: Scoring, Interpretation & Billing — PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) scoring bands, administration time, clinical use, and how to bill it — a practical reference for concussion and specialty care.
- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) | Sleep Screening for Concussion Care — PSQI overview: what it measures, 7-component scoring, the >5 cutoff for poor sleep, administration time, and how it fits post-concussion monitoring.
- Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS): Scoring, Use, and Billing — PCSS scoring, symptom domains, and clinical use explained, with how post-concussion symptom tracking fits neurocognitive and RTM billing workflows.
- PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5): Scoring, Interpretation & Billing — PCL-5 measures DSM-5 PTSD symptom severity in 5-10 minutes. Learn scoring, the ~31-33 cutoff, clinical use post-injury, and how administration is billed.
- Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) | Verbal Memory Assessment — RAVLT measures verbal learning and memory across five trials, delayed recall, and recognition — how it's scored, billed under CPT 96132/96136, and used in concussion care.
- Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC): Scoring, Use & Billing — SAC concussion test: what it measures, how it's scored (0–30), when to use it, and how it fits into concussion evaluation and billing workflows.
- Stroop Color and Word Test: Administration, Scoring & Billing — The Stroop Color and Word Test measures processing speed and executive inhibition. Learn scoring, clinical use in concussion care, and CPT billing.
- Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT): Scoring, Administration & Billing — SDMT scoring, administration time, interpretation, and which CPT code covers it in concussion and cognitive-health practice. A clinician's reference guide.
- Trail Making Test Part A: Administration, Scoring & CPT Billing — Trail Making Test Part A measures processing speed and visual scanning in under 3 minutes. Learn scoring, interpretation, and how it's billed under CPT.
- Trail Making Test Part B: Administration, Scoring & Billing Guide — Trail Making Test Part B measures executive function and set-shifting. Learn administration, scoring norms, clinical use, and how to bill it under CPT.
- Verbal (Category) Fluency Test: Administration, Scoring & Billing — Verbal fluency test (FAS, category fluency): what it measures, 1-minute scoring, executive vs. semantic norms, and how administration fits CPT 96132/96138.
- Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening (VOMS): Administration, Scoring & Clinical Use — VOMS assesses vestibular and ocular motor impairment after concussion. Learn administration, scoring, symptom cutoffs, and how it fits clinical workflow.
- WAIS Coding Subtest: What It Measures, Scoring, and CPT Billing — WAIS Coding subtest measures processing speed and visual-motor coordination in 2 minutes. Learn scoring, interpretation, and how it fits neuropsych billing.