2025 CPT code 95706
Effective Date: N/A Medicine - Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures Feed
Electroencephalogram (EEG), without video, review of data, technical description by EEG technologist, 2-12 hours; with intermittent monitoring and maintenance.
Modifiers may be applicable to this code.Modifier 52 may be used if the service is substantially reduced.Other modifiers may be applicable depending on the circumstances of the service.
Medical necessity for this code must be supported by documentation indicating the clinical reason for the extended EEG monitoring, such as suspicion of epilepsy, unclear diagnosis based on a standard EEG, or the need to evaluate and classify seizure activity. The documentation must support the need for a long-term EEG without video and intermittent monitoring.
The EEG technologist is responsible for setting up the EEG, attaching electrodes according to the 10-20 system, ensuring data quality through intermittent monitoring, maintaining the equipment, and preparing a technical description of the recording for physician review.
In simple words: The patient undergoes electroencephalography (a study of the brain's electrical activity) for 2 to 12 hours.The test doesn't include video recording, and a technician monitors the equipment periodically, making adjustments as needed.The technician also reviews the recording and prepares a technical summary for the doctor to interpret.
This code represents the technical component of a long-term EEG performed over 2-12 hours, without simultaneous video recording.It involves intermittent monitoring by an EEG technologist, who also provides maintenance of the equipment and a technical description of the recording. This includes reviewing the EEG data, annotating events, and summarizing the findings for physician interpretation.It does not include the physician's interpretation and report, which is billed separately.
Example 1: A patient with suspected epilepsy, whose routine EEG was inconclusive, undergoes a 10-hour long-term EEG without video to capture potential seizure activity during sleep., A patient experiences episodes of altered awareness.A 4-hour long-term EEG with intermittent monitoring is performed to determine if these episodes are epileptic seizures., A patient is experiencing frequent seizures of unknown type and requires long-term monitoring of EEG activity without video for 8 hours to establish seizure patterns.
Documentation should include the total recording time, the type of monitoring (intermittent), confirmation that video was not used, a technical description of the recording by the EEG technologist, and any relevant clinical information about the patient's condition.
- Modifier TC rule: This code represents the technical component (TC) of the service.
- Specialties:Neurology, Epileptology, Clinical Neurophysiology
- Place of Service:Inpatient Hospital, Outpatient Hospital, Skilled Nursing Facility