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  2. Sleep-related hypoventilation/hypoxemia due to lower airways obstruction 327.26 G47.36 Sleep-related hypoventilation/hypoxemia due to neuromuscular or chest wall disorders 327.26 G47.36 Other sleep-related breathing disorder: Sleep apnea/sleep related breathing disorder, unspecified 320.20 G47.30 Hypersomnias of Central Origin: Narcolepsy with ...

  3. Polysomnography - Wikipedia

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    Polysomnography (PSG) is a multi-parameter type of sleep study [1] and a diagnostic tool in sleep medicine.The test result is called a polysomnogram, also abbreviated PSG.The name is derived from Greek and Latin roots: the Greek πολύς (polus for "many, much", indicating many channels), the Latin somnus ("sleep"), and the Greek γράφειν (graphein, "to write").

  4. Does Medicare Cover a Sleep Study? - AOL

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    The sleep study is done in a clinic or hospital that accepts Medicare, if it is a type I test. Your primary doctor refers you. Medical evidence, such as lab results or records of physical exams ...

  5. Respiratory disturbance index - Wikipedia

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    The respiratory disturbance index (RDI)—or respiratory distress Index—is a formula used in reporting polysomnography (sleep study) findings. Like the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), it reports on respiratory distress events during sleep, but unlike the AHI, it also includes respiratory-effort related arousals (RERAs). [1]

  6. Classification of sleep disorders - Wikipedia

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    327.23 Obstructive sleep apnea (adult)(pediatric) 327.24 Idiopathic sleep related non-obstructive alveolar hypoventilation; 327.25 Congenital central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome; 327.26 Sleep related hypoventilation/hypoxemia in conditions classifiable elsewhere; 327.27 Central sleep apnea in conditions classified elsewhere

  7. Somnology - Wikipedia

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    Pediatric polysomnography patient, Children's Hospital (Saint Louis), 2006. Somnology is the scientific study of sleep. It includes clinical study and treatment of sleep disorders and irregularities. Sleep medicine is a subset of somnology. Hypnology has a similar meaning but includes hypnotic phenomena. [1]

  8. People are getting heart conditions at a younger age. Here's ...

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    Reason 6: Too Little Exercise and Sleep The American Heart Association recommends at least 150 minutes (or two and half hours) of exercise that raises your heart rate each week. But only 20% of ...

  9. Sleep medicine - Wikipedia

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    Sleep diary layout example. Sleep medicine is a medical specialty or subspecialty devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of sleep disturbances and disorders. [1] From the middle of the 20th century, research has provided increasing knowledge of, and answered many questions about, sleep–wake functioning. [2]