AMA CPT® Assistant - 2010 Issue 8 (August)

Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures (Q&A) (August 2010)

August 2010 page 13a Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures Question: If a physician performs a 2-hour and 30-minute functional cortical and subcortical mapping by stimulation and recording of electrodes on the brain surface, is it appropriate to report code 95961, Functional cortical and subcortical mapping by stimulation and/or recording of electrodes on brain surface, or of depth electrodes, to provoke seizures or identify vital brain structures; initial hour of physician attendance, for the initial hour, and code 95962, Functional cortical and subcortical mapping by stimulation and/or recording of electrodes on brain surface, or of depth electrodes, to provoke seizures...

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