Listings 11.02 and 11.03 - EEGs still required?

NDP · Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 9

Everything I've read in the past said that some sort of EEG finding was necessary for an allowance under Listings 11.02 and 11.03. Looking at the listings online I don't see that requirement. Did this change? I can't seem to pin it down in any of the old CFRs that I have laying around.

-NDP

Olan Barnes · Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 1403 Location: Michigan

Could be - from memory I had been able to allow WNL EEGs anyway - everything else being equal.

You still need adherence to treatment and frequency.

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guestofconnect · Guest

All of the old listings are found in POMS, easily available online:

http://tinyurl.com/5lna83

Prior to 5/24/02, the preamble part of the Listing said:

"Documentation of epilepsy should include at least one electroencephalogram (EEG)."

The Listing no longer says that.

NDP · Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 9

Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. I just wanted to confirm that I wasn't missing the EEG language somewhere in the new listings.

-NDP