Pulmonology Coding Alert

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How Many Units of 95806 Are Acceptable?

Question: Our pulmonologist performed several studies on a patient during the same sleep study session. We're getting conflicting advice about how many times we can report 95806 for the visit. Can you advise? Codify Subscriber Answer: You can report only one unit of 95806 (Sleep study, unattended, simultaneous recording of, heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory airflow, and respiratory effort [eg, [...]
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