CPT^® 95822, Under Routine Electroencephalography (EEG) Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 95822 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Routine Electroencephalography (EEG) Procedures.

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Electroencephalogram or EEG is a diagnostic test that uses small electrodes attached to the scalp to measure the electrical activity of the brain. In this procedure the provider performs the EEG when the patient is in a state of coma or sleep.

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inpatient phone e&m

I have this neurology doctor who does EEG to inpt on 5/1, he also does phone call visit on 5/1 and sees patient on 5/2. Patient is in hospital all this times. Physician bills 95822 (EEG), 99447 for 5/... [ Read More ]

Intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring with Electrocorticogram 95940 + 95829

95940 is an add-on code that requires one of the parent codes to be also reported: [INDENT]This code can be reported with code(s): 92585, 95822, 95860, 95861, 95863, 95864, 95865, 95866, 95867, 95868,... [ Read More ]

Long Term EEG over 24 Hours

[b]eeg[/b] 95822 is correct. Coma or asleep. 95951 must be 24 hr's or more... [ Read More ]

Long Term EEG over 24 Hours

I have an EEG that started on 02/05/2018 @ 08:52 then ended on 02/06/2018 @ 13:50. The patient is intubated and in a coma, the provider wants to bill 95822? Would the be coded be 95822? Would this ... [ Read More ]

EEG Coding

Per CPT guidelines, Routine EEG codes 95816-95822 include 20 to 40 minutes of recording. Extended EEG codes 95812-95813 include reporting times longer than 40 minutes. Sounds to me you cannot mix and ... [ Read More ]

Billing IOM

[QUOTE="l!am2013, post: 391438, member: 247812"]I have just started billing for an Intra Operative Monitoring facility and after looking at some of the EOBS codes are being denied. The 95941 code is a... [ Read More ]

HELP with EEG

can you bill both a coma EEG (95822) and SEV (95925)? i looked on CCI edits & there are none, yet we are getting denied for 95925. (we are using 26 modifier) thanks in advance!!... [ Read More ]

Holyoke Chapter Meeting Minutes 1/20/16

Date: 1/20/16 Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m. Speaker: Richard Provencher R. EEG T. Manager, Neurodiagnostics/Sleep Center Baystate Medical Center Topic: Electroencephalogram/Sleep Studies About the Lab: -900... [ Read More ]

Eeg billing

There are 2 other ones that I use quite often that I see you're missing: 95822-Electroencephalogram (eeg); recording in coma or sleep only 95824-Electroencephalogram; cerebral death evaluation only ... [ Read More ]

Spinal Tap & EEG

When a physician attempts to bill a spinal tap (62270) and an EEG, patient in a coma (95822) they get a CCI edit that this cannot be billed together. The Spinal Tap is the primary procedure and not m... [ Read More ]

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