Was diagnosed with unspecified epilepsy i am currently 7 months pregnant and have had seizures for about 3 years now. i'm not sure what unspecified epilepsy means been checked multiple times for preclampsia i don't have it. thanks?

Unspecified: It basically means it hasn't been defined in your charting. I would ask the neurologist who made your diagosis if he/she can clarify if its grand mal, petit mal or other seizure type. A lot of times in billing we just classify something as unspecified especially if we aren't getting paid for the diagnosis. Your OB is only getting paid for OB diagnosis and may just be using a code to note .

Means we don't know: Seizures occur when a cluster of neurons start firing randomly and their electrical activity spreads to adjacent neurons. If this spreads thru-out the area that controls muscle movement, the result is a grand mal or whole body seizure. If someone who isn't sick and hasn't taken a drug or toxin has repeated seizures it's called epilepsy. If the SPECIFIC cause/source is unknown then its unspecified.