Respiratory Question for the Week of November 18, 2024

Question:

For a sleep lab that performs an overnight EEG recording with 10 hours of continuous video monitoring, which code(s) would be most appropriate to assign, based on the updated EEG recording codes (95705-95718)?

Answer:

In 2020, CPT® code 95827 describing all night EEG recording was deleted and the code series for EEG recording was expanded to better define the different types of EEG recording that may be performed. For sleep labs, with the deletion of CPT code 95827 you are instructed to refer to codes 95705, 95706, 95707, 95711, 95712, 95713, 95717, or 95718 and choose the code that most accurately describes the EEG recording performed based on the long description of the codes. These codes describe 2–12 hours of monitoring, with or without video and various levels of monitoring and maintenance of the patient (i.e., unmonitored, intermittent, continuous).

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