Neurosurgery Coding Alert

Make clear concepts for access, electrodes, and excision of foci.

In a patient with seizures, your surgeon may offer two types of services: placement of electrodes for seizure monitoring and excision of the intracranial seizures locus. Here is a quick quiz to help you assess your coding skills for these services. 

Question 1: How do you report when your surgeon makes an access to the cranium to place subdural electrodes for seizure monitoring?

    a) 61533
    b) 61534
    c) 61535
    d) 61536

Question 2: How do you report stereotactic implantation of electrodes for long-term seizure monitoring?

    a) 61750
    b) 61760
    c) 61770
    d) 61781

Question 3: How do you report when your surgeon excises an epileptogenic focus and obtains an EEG to check the neural activity?

    a) 61533
    b) 61534
    c) 61535
    d) 61536