Question: How to bill unattended at-home sleep studies?
Answered by Arslan Suleymanov, editor-in-chief of WCH Insights:
Patient-administered sleep studies performed in a patient’s home may be reported using the following procedure codes in accordance with a specificity of service:
• 95806 – sleep study, unattended, simultaneous recording of, heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory airflow, and respiratory effort;• G0398 – home sleep study test (HST) with type II portable monitor, unattended; minimum of 7 channels: EEG, EOG, EMG, ECG/heart rate, airflow, respiratory effort and oxygen saturation;• G0399 – home sleep test (HST) with type III portable monitor, unattended; minimum of 4 channels: 2 respiratory movement/airflow, 1 ECG/heart rate and one oxygen saturation