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Verify Whether Payer Allows 95816 With 95974

Published on Tue Aug 25, 2015

Question: I work for a neurologist who reprogrammed a patient’s VNS (vagus nerve stimulator). Then he did an EEG on the same day as the reprogramming to see if the patient had epileptic seizures. I thought if the patient had a VNS it is because he has epilepsy or epileptic seizures. I would like to verify that it is correct to [...]
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