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Hone EEG Coding Chops With This FAQ

Published on Wed Sep 21, 2016

Here's why the patient's consciousness matters during EEGs. When patients report to your practice for electroencephalography (EEG) testing, you'll most likely choose a code representing one of the "routine" EEGs. Caveat: Which code you should choose in which situation isn't cut and dried. It will depend on very specific details, including patient status during the entire test and total test [...]
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