AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 12 (December)

Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures (Bonus Q&A) (December 2014)

December 2014 page 19 Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures Question: What is the difference between CPT codes 95955 (EEG during surgery) and 95822 (EEG coma or sleep only) with add-on code 95941 (IONM remote) for cardiothoracic surgery? Answer: It depends on whether the physician is interpreting in real time. CPT code 95955 was created for the service of sending a senior EEG technologist to the operating room to run the recording, with the physician reading the record after the recording has taken place. Code 95941, Continuous intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring, from outside the operating room (remote or nearby) or for...

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