AMA CPT® Assistant - 1998 Issue 8 (August)

Sleep Testing, 95806 (Q&A) (August 1998)

August 1998 page 10c Coding Consultation Sleep Testing, 95806 (Q&A) Question Is there a CPT code for an unattended sleep study? We have been reporting this with the unlisted code 94799. AMA Comment A new code was added to CPT 1998 for reporting an unattended sleep study. CPT code 95806, Sleep study, simultaneous recording of ventilation, respiratory effort, ECG or heart rate and oxygen saturation, unattended by a technologist, is the appropriate code for reporting this service. Sleep Testing, 95806 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 1998; August 1998 page 10c ...

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