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Can You Report CPAP Interpretation?

Published on Tue May 04, 2021

Question: When a patient brings a CPAP computer drive to the pulmonologist and the pulmonologist puts the drive into his computer to get information from the CPAP machine for interpretation, can we bill for this? Massachusetts Subscriber Answer: There is no separately reimbursable code for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) readings. If your pulmonologist completes a CPAP interpretation the same [...]
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