tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 42

PULMONOLOGY: Ditch 780.x, Pick Up 327.x For Sleep Testing, Polysomnography

Old insomnia, apnea codes became 'unspecified' codes in October You think you know all about how to code for sleep testing (95805-95807) and polysomnography (95808-95811), but everything changed last October. Are you up to speed yet? No, the CPT codes for sleep studies didn’t change, but the diagnosis codes did. You may be used to using the 780.x series of diagnosis codes for insomnia and sleep apnea, but you’ll have to switch to the 21 new codes that took effect Oct. 1. These codes are much more detailed, which means you’ll have to learn to...

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