tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2013 Issue 6

Sleep Studies: Learn the Differences Between Sleep Studies and Polysomnography

Age, stage, and parameters all point you to the best codes. If you code for facility-based outpatient sleep studies, understanding procedure basics and knowing when certain modifiers apply will boost your coding accuracy – and your bottom line. “Sleep studies and polysomnography (PSM) refer to a continuous and simultaneous monitoring and recording of various physiological and pathophysiological parameters of sleep for six or more hours with physician review, interpretation and report,” says Mary Mulholland, MHA, RN, CPC, with the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia. These studies help the physician assess whether the patient has sleep...

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