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Check EEG in Epileptogenic Excision
Published on Thu Oct 27, 2016
Question: In a patient with resistant epilepsy, our surgeon did a craniotomy and excised an epileptogenic focus. How can we report these services? Georgia Subscriber Answer: When your surgeon does a craniotomy to excise an epileptogenic focus, you can choose from the following codes depending upon whether an electrocorticography was performed: 61534 (Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for excision of epileptogenic [...]