Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Nurse Attendance Counts Toward 95956
Published on Thu May 22, 2014
Question: Our neurologist ordered a 24-hour EEG for a patient in ICU to rule out non-convulsive seizures. Would the nurse caring for the patient meet the definition of “attended” for CPT® 95956?
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Answer: Yes, oversight by a nurse is acceptable for 95956 (Monitoring for localization of cerebral seizure focus by cable or radio, 16 or more channel telemetry, electroencephalographic [EEG] recording and interpretation, each 24 hours, attended by a technologist or nurse).
Remember: You only report 95956 when the technologist or nurse is present the entire time the study is performed.
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