Coding Tips:
Get Your Routine And Extended EEG Coding Into Gear With These Pointers
Published on Sun Nov 27, 2011
Precise timing of EEG monitoring is the key, frequency is not important.When reporting EEG recording, the most crucial factor is to time the procedure. If your physician uses advanced techniques, video and digital recordings, you may be faced with additional coding challenges for these services. Read on to equip yourself on how to precisely time the procedure and code the routine, extended, and special monitoring. Look For How Long the Diagnostic Study LastedWhen reporting EEG, you should look for how long your neurologist did the monitoring. Monitoring that lasts 20 to 40 minutes is said to be routine. You will report codes for extended monitoring if the procedure exceeds 40 minutes in duration. For EEG recording that lasts 41 to 60 minutes, you report 95812 (Electroencephalogram [EEG] extended monitoring; 41-60 minutes), and if it lasts more than an hour, you report 95813 (Electroencephalogram [EEG] extended monitoring; greater than 1 hour). [...]