You report 95819 when the patient in reality slept during the monitoring.
There is a thin line between drowsy and asleep. recording in coma or sleep only), however you cannot report them together. including recording awake and asleep) or 95822 (. Important note: You can report CPT codes 95812 or 95813 instead of 95816 (Electroencephalogram including recording awake and drowsy), 95819 (. You do not involve the set-up and take-down time.Įxception: CPT® does not include EEG CPT codes 95824 (Electroencephalogram cerebral death evaluation only), 95827 (Electroencephalogram all night recording), and 95829 (Electrocorticogram at surgery ) from a time component as these are unique services rendered by the physician to monitor a certain pathological condition or diagnose one. Medical coding is based on the recording though it is underway and the neurologist or technician is collecting data. It is significant that your neurologist's report evidently documents the actual EEG recording time. For EEG recording that lasts 41 to 60 minutes, you must report 95812 (Electroencephalogram extended monitoring 41-60 minutes), and in case it lasts more than an hour, you would report 95813 (Electroencephalogram extended monitoring greater than 1 hour). You will report CPT codes for extended monitoring in case the procedure goes beyond 40 minutes in duration. Monitoring that lasts 20 to 40 minutes is taken as routine. While reporting EEG, you must look for how long your neurologist took to perform the monitoring. Look For How Long the Diagnostic Study Continued
Read on to prepare yourself on how to accurately time the procedure along with code the routine, extended, and special monitoring. In case your physician uses advanced methods, video and digital recordings you may be faced with added medical coding challenges for these services. While reporting EEG recording, the most vital factor is to time the procedure.
Exact timing of EEG monitoring is crucial, frequency is not important.