AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 7 (July)

Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures (Q & A) (July 2013)

July 2013 page 11a Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures Question: How many times may CPT code 95806, Sleep study, unattended, simultaneous recording of, heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory airflow, and respiratory effort (eg, thoracoabdominal movement), be reported per study? Answer: CPT code 95806, Sleep study, unattended, simultaneous recording of, heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory airflow, and respiratory effort (eg, thoracoabdominal movement), may be reported only one time per study. Code 95806 is not a time-based code so one incidence of the code includes all of the service involved with one unattended sleep study service. Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures...

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