(04-24-2017, 03:59 PM)justMongo Wrote: I found the HCPCS code E0466 at a site Findacode.
At that site, I searched for "Adaptive Servo Ventilator". There were several results.
I picked the one that was for use with a mask.
It's possibly incorrect; or, sometimes one HCPCS covers several machines. Like the code for a CPAP is the same as for a Auto PAP.
If they want the CPT code, then they want the code of an ASV titration.
They may decline to dispense without titration.
Thanks
I am finding all sorts of codes on many sites none of which are complete and up to date
I have found sites for AMA hippa various DMEs showing HCPCS CPT ICD and other codes
What I am inferring is that ASV is too new and the codes have not caught up or they intentionally use the bipap code for ASV also
and differentiate them on the Rx
I am confused
how do you titrate an ASV ?? It sets itself automatically .
Why cant they reuse the bipap titration if they need a starting point for the ASV machine.
The problem is that I do not sleep when the lab wants to run the tests.
We got only a 3 hour sample of data that the doctor said was inadequate last time but prescribed the bipap anyway.
I have all the justification and the Rx from the doctor for the ASV
I could just buy it without insurance.
MY insurance is DIFFERENT. They have no 4 hour a night requirement. All they need is an Rx accordign to what they told me.
The only question is the CPT code. How does a titration test change the CPT code? The code is the same for any pressures they set
but ASV has no set pressure.
Why should I have to pay for and suffer through another torture session at the sleep lab.
I got a total of 3 hours sleep that night. It took me two weeks to catch up and feel decent again.
And it took a three month wait to get into the lab AFTER the home PSG test.
Delay expense and bureaucracy have exceeded my interest in getting a machine at all.
All the lady wants is a CPT code and does not care where it comes from.