Coding and billing for home (out-of-center) sleep testing

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 539-543

  Nelson, Michael E ^a  

^a Shawnee Mission Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME; HOME SLEEP TESTING; HUMAN; ICD-9; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICARE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

EID: 84874068905     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-0425     Document Type: Article

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