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ICD-10 Update:

Just How Specific Can You Get For 'Unspecified' Sleep Disorders And Sleep Apnea?

Published on Wed May 29, 2013

Turn to G47.30 for unspecified sleep apnea and G47.9 for unspecified sleep disorder. When your neurologist reports a cause for sleep apnea (such as an obstruction - an airway blockage that occurs when the soft tissue in the back of the throat narrows or closes during sleep), you currently report 327.23 (Obstructive sleep apnea [adult] [pediatric]). The corresponding ICD-10 code [...]
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