Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 11004

Electroencephalography, ambulatory or video, prolonged recording lasting at least 3 hours and up to 24 hours, that requires multi channel recording using standard 10-20 electrode placement, first day, other than a service:
(a) associated with a service to which item 11000, 11003 or 11005 applies; or
(b) involving quantitative topographic mapping using neurometrics or similar devices.

Fee: $358.45 Benefit: 75% = $268.85 85% = $304.70

(See para DN.1.2 of explanatory notes to this Category)

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Items 11004 and 11005 cover prolonged ambulatory or video EEG, recording of at least 3 hours duration for:

-                  Diagnosing the basis of episodic neurological dysfunction;

-                  Characterising the nature of a patient's epileptic seizures;

-                  Localising seizures in patients with uncontrolled epilepsy, with a view to surgery; or

-                  Assessing treatment response where subclinical seizures are suspected.

Related Items: 11004 11005