title: Coding and billing for home (out-of-center) sleep testing.
abstract: Obstructive sleep apnea is increasingly recognized as a comorbidity in many medical illnesses. This has resulted in an increasing need for sleep testing, which is not entirely met by the currently available sleep laboratory facilities. Home, or out-of-center, sleep testing is an alternative to in-laboratory studies. However, coding and billing for home studies is not as straightforward as it is for in-laboratory studies. This article reviews the process of coding and billing for sleep studies done in an unattended setting.
authors: Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, KS. Electronic address: mikenelson@att.net.
authors: Michael E
authors: ME
authors: Nelson
mesh_terms: D059019:Clinical Coding; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy