CPT code 95709: EEG recording, 12–26 hours, intermittent2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 95709 covers

This service is a long-term EEG recording without synchronized video, with intermittent monitoring during a 12–26-hour interval. EEG technologists monitor and maintain the recording; the code identifies the recording service rather than a physician or qualified health care professional's review and interpretation. EEG recordings of this type may be used in evaluating seizure activity and other neurologic conditions.

Medicare lists 95709 as carrier priced (status C): CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. Report a unit for each qualifying 12–26-hour interval. The no-video and intermittent-monitoring features distinguish this service from unmonitored or continuously monitored EEG recording codes. For this duration, 95719 represents the associated physician or qualified health care professional service.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

Where 95709 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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95709 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

How the 95709 rate is calculated

Each of 95709’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 95709

95709 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

95709 compared with similar codes

How to choose

95708EEG recording12–26 hours, unmonitored

Both cover no-video EEG over a 12–26-hour interval. Use 95708 for an unmonitored recording and 95709 for intermittent monitoring.

95710EEG monitoringNo video, continuous

Both cover no-video EEG over a 12–26-hour interval. The monitoring level distinguishes them: intermittent for 95709, continuous for 95710.

95715Video EEG monitoringIntermittent, 12–26 hours

95715 is the video EEG option with intermittent monitoring for a 12–26-hour interval. 95709 describes recording without video.

95719EEG interpretationEach additional 12 hours, no video

95719 represents physician or qualified health care professional review and interpretation, not the EEG recording service. 95709 reports the no-video recording with intermittent monitoring.

Codes related to 95709

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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