AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 8 (August)

Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures (Q&A) (August 2013)

August 2013 page 14c Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures Question: A physician cares for a patient in the inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit to localize seizure onset. The patient is monitored continuously with a 20-channel video-electroencephalogram (EEG) system. The physician performs rounds each day on the patient to adjust seizure medications, respond to daily medical issues, check lab results, and counsel the patient and the patient's family about results and plans so far. How should the physician report these services? Answer: Report the EEG monitoring service with code 95951 and the E/M service using the inpatient hospital care codes. For...

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