A method for identifying an electrode lead by means of an implant, - the electrode lead comprising a plug, at least one electrical conductor, an insulating tube insulating the at least one electrical conductor, and a passive RFID inlay, which is hermetically sealed by the insulating tube or the plug and comprises an RFID chip and an antenna (210, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 700) electrically conductively connected to the RFID chip, the antenna (210, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 700) being electromagnetically coupled to the at least one electrical conductor; - the implant comprising a control device, and the implant being connected to the electrode lead, comprising the following steps: - transmitting an electromagnetic polling signal by the electrical conductor to be read out, the polling signal being generated by the control device connected to the electrical conductor to be read out or by an external device; - activating the RFID inlay by receiving the polling signal by means of the antenna (210, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 700) of the RFID inlay and forwarding the received polling signal to the RFID chip; - processing the received polling signal by the RFID chip, generating a corresponding electromagnetic response signal by the RFID chip, and transmitting the response signal by means of the antenna (210, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 700) of the RFID inlay; - receiving the response signal by the electrical conductor of the electrode lead to be read out; and - processing the received response signal forwarded to the control device in the control device, characterized in that the filtering of signals by EMI capacitors (810, 910) of the implant is deactivated during the transmission of the polling signal and the reception of the response signal. - the electrode lead comprising a plug, at least one electrical conductor, an insulating tube insulating the at least one electrical conductor, and a passive RFID inlay, which is hermetically sealed by the insulating tube or the plug and comprises an RFID chip and an antenna (210, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 700) electrically conductively connected to the RFID chip, the antenna (210, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 700) being electromagnetically coupled to the at least one electrical conductor; - the implant comprising a control device, and the implant being connected to the electrode lead, - transmitting an electromagnetic polling signal by the electrical conductor to be read out, the polling signal being generated by the control device connected to the electrical conductor to be read out or by an external device; - activating the RFID inlay by receiving the polling signal by means of the antenna (210, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 700) of the RFID inlay and forwarding the received polling signal to the RFID chip; - processing the received polling signal by the RFID chip, generating a corresponding electromagnetic response signal by the RFID chip, and transmitting the response signal by means of the antenna (210, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 700) of the RFID inlay; - receiving the response signal by the electrical conductor of the electrode lead to be read out; and - processing the received response signal forwarded to the control device in the control device,