Telephone Transmission of EEGs

Telephone transmission of EEGs (telephonic EEG) is covered when provided as a physician's service or incident to one, and when reasonable and necessary for an individual patient, including in remote settings to avoid transport. Covered clinical situations include altered consciousness, atypical seizure variants, suspected intracranial tumor, head injury (possible subdural hematoma), and acute headaches such as migraine; it must not be used to determine brain death.

"Telephone transmission of EEGs is covered when provided as a physician's service or as incident to a physician's service and is reasonable and necessary for the individual patient."

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