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* E0471 - RESPIRATORY ASSIST DEVICE, BI-LEVEL PRESSURE CAPABILITY, WITH BACK-UP RATE FEATURE, USED WITH NONINVASIVE INTERFACE, E.G., NASAL OR FACIAL MASK (INTERMITTENT ASSIST DEVICE WITH CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AiRWAY PRESSURE DEVICE) ''(Similar to '''ResMed Aircurve 10 ASV or ResMed Aircurve 10 ST/A''')''
=== Complex Sleep Apnea ===
For Complex Sleep Apnea the Medicare requirements for issuing an ASV machine.
* Therapy Optimization should be discontinued and the original settings, from the doctor, restored.
# Witnessed apneas '''''Most of us have this one with our significant others''
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=== For Central Sleep Apnea ===For Central Sleep Apnea the Medicare requirements for issuing an ASV machine.
* Therapy Optimization should be discontinued and the original settings, from the doctor, restored.
* Document a ''central apnea-central hypopnea index (CAHI) is greater than or equal to 5 per hour''' also apnea-hypopnea index '''(AHI) greater than 5'''
* Document The sum total of '''central apneas plus central hypopneas is greater than 50% of the total apneas and hypopneas'''
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