Billing code 95718: Video EEG interpretationMedicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $137.95 for 95718 nationally in the office and $111.56 in a hospital or facility. Local office rates run $127.69–$178.93.

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

What 95718 covers

Code 95718 represents a physician’s or other qualified health care professional’s review and interpretation of 2–12 hours of EEG data with video, followed by an interpretive report. It is used in inpatient or outpatient monitoring to evaluate events such as suspected seizures, spells, or altered awareness when EEG findings are assessed alongside the video. EEG technologists or other qualified staff may handle recording and monitoring; this code represents the interpreting clinician’s service, not electrode setup or technical observation.

Select this code for a video EEG study in the 2–12-hour duration range. Use 95717 when the professional interpretation is for EEG without video, and the appropriate longer-duration code when the study extends beyond this range. Documentation should identify the recording duration, video availability, clinical question, relevant EEG and video findings, and the clinician’s interpretation. Technical monitoring services are distinct and may be reported when performed and supported, using the code that matches the recording and monitoring level. Code 95720 describes additional professional service time with video when the additional-interval criteria are met.

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 95718 pays more and less

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95718 rates by state

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How the 95718 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 95718

95718 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.

95718 compared with similar codes

How to choose

95717EEG interpretation

Use 95717 for professional interpretation of a 2–12-hour EEG without video. The presence of video in the reviewed study distinguishes 95718.

95720Video EEG interpretation

95720 describes additional professional service time with video, rather than the initial 2–12-hour interval represented by 95718.

95712Veeg 2-12 hr intmt mntr

95712 describes the technical video EEG service with intermittent monitoring. Code 95718 represents the physician or qualified health care professional’s interpretation.

95722EEG interpretation

95722 is the professional video EEG interpretation code for a longer duration than the 2–12-hour interval covered by 95718.

Codes related to 95718

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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