READER QUESTION ~ Check 780.39 to Support Epilepsy Monitoring
Published on Mon Jan 01, 2007
Question: What is the most accurate diagnosis for epilepsy monitoring?
Michigan Subscriber Answer: Report 95951 (Monitoring for localization of cerebral seizure focus by cable or radio, 16 or more channel telemetry, combined electroencephalographic [EEG] and video recording and interpretation [e.g., for presurgical localization], each 24 hours) for epilepsy monitoring. The associated diagnosis code is 780.39 (Other convulsions).