AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 3 (March)

Medicine (March 2003)

March 2003 page 21 Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Medicine, 92510, 92602, 92604 (Q&A) Question If a video EEG is performed for 5 hours, can code 95951 be reported appended by modifier '-52'? AMA Comment No. Code 95951, Monitoring for localization of cerebral seizure focus by cable or radio, 16 or more channel telemetry, combined electrocencephalographic (EEG) and video recording and interpretation (eg, for presurgical localization), each 24 hours is intended to be reported per 24 hour intervals. If the physician discontinues the study before the 24-hour period ends, code 95951 should be reported without a modifier, as this...

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