Question:
What is the primary purpose of codes 95812 and 95813 when reporting prolonged EEG testing?
Answer:
Each hour of prolonged testing generates several hundred pages of recordings to be interpreted by the physician. Codes 95812 and 95813 represent the interpretation and writing of a report, based on the physician’s review of the recordings. During these prolonged recordings, the patient is not generally tested specifically for identification, lateralization, or localization of an epileptic focus, as they would be when a routine EEG is performed.
