CPT^® 95824, Under Routine Electroencephalography (EEG) Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 95824 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 for brain or cerebral death evaluation.

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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 ]

Brain death exam

[QUOTE="klbecker, post: 183438, member: 47243"]Has anyone heard of a brain death exam? I have a Neurosurgeon who said he performed one. He said he performed 2 discreate exams several hours apart. E... [ 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 ]

payment denial brain death evaluation

[b]Payment denial brain death evaluation: (response)[/b] :) Good morning, Code [B]95824[/B]; Cerebral death evaluation should be used solely with ICD-9 code [B]348.8[/B], brain death. Citation: [... [ Read More ]

payment denial brain death evaluation

I have a question about CPT code 95824 (Cerebral death evaluation only). I have a claim being denied using this CPT with diagnosis of 348.1 (Anoxic brain damage). Would anyone know why this would be ... [ Read More ]

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