2025 CPT code 95713
Effective Date: N/A Medicine - Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures Feed
Electroencephalogram with video (VEEG), review of data, technical description by EEG technologist, 2-12 hours; with continuous, real-time monitoring and maintenance.
Modifier 52 may be used to indicate reduced services if the monitoring duration is less than the minimum 2 hours but more than 30 minutes and all other requirements of the code are met. For services of 30 minutes or less, do not use this code; instead, consider using an unlisted code (e.g., 95999) with appropriate documentation.
The EEG technologist is responsible for the setup, continuous monitoring, video recording, and technical description of the EEG data. This includes attaching electrodes, ensuring data quality, operating video equipment, reviewing recorded data, and documenting relevant technical details.
In simple words: The patient undergoes electroencephalography, a study of the electrical activity of the brain, lasting 2 to 12 hours with continuous monitoring. A video recording is made, and an EEG technologist reviews the data and creates a report.
This code represents a long-term video EEG monitoring service provided over a period of 2 to 12 hours. It includes continuous, real-time monitoring and maintenance by an EEG technologist, video recording of the patient during the monitoring period, review of the collected data, and creation of a technical description of the findings. The service is for the technical component only and does not include the physician's interpretation.
Example 1: A patient with suspected epilepsy is admitted for continuous video EEG monitoring to capture and characterize seizure activity for diagnostic purposes. The monitoring lasts for 8 hours and includes continuous real-time monitoring, video recording, and review of data by an EEG technologist. Code 95713 is reported for the technical component., A critically ill patient is monitored for non-convulsive seizures using continuous video EEG. The monitoring continues for 4 hours, including concurrent video recording and is continuously monitored by a technician, with documentation of any events. Code 95713 is reported for the technical component. Subsequent professional interpretation would be reported separately., A patient with a sleep disorder undergoes video EEG monitoring for 10 hours overnight. The technician continuously monitors the EEG data and the concurrent video recording and maintains recording quality, makes technical notations. Code 95713 is appropriate for the technical component of this service.
Documentation should include the duration of the recording, the type of monitoring (continuous), confirmation of concurrent video recording for at least 80% of the recording period, and the technical description prepared by the EEG technologist. Details of any interventions or events observed during the monitoring period should also be documented.