For context: Our providers regularly do Brainscopes (EEGs 95816 and Neuro Psych testing 96132) on patients who have had auto accidents or other reasons why a patient might have gotten a concussion. On one particular patient, the EEG portion was attempted twice, but the MA couldn't get any results because the patient couldn't relax due to pain. I had coded the EEG with modifier 52 due to that and received this rejection by our biller. Does anybody know what that rejection means and how it could be fixed?
EDIT: I have since realized that this is likely incorrect coding on our part as a Brainscope is where the patient is administered a single, standardized psychological or neuropsychological test using an electronic platform such as a computer, which scores the test on completion - and CPT code 96146 fits that quite well.
EDIT: I have since realized that this is likely incorrect coding on our part as a Brainscope is where the patient is administered a single, standardized psychological or neuropsychological test using an electronic platform such as a computer, which scores the test on completion - and CPT code 96146 fits that quite well.
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