CPAP Basics
The abbreviation CPAP, stands for
What is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure?
This mask covers mouth and nose.
What is a full face mask?
This machine delivers a constant stream of air to keep your airway open while you sleep.
What is a CPAP machine?
This country was the birthplace of the first CPAP machine.
What is Australia?
What is 4 hours?
This part of the CPAP system delivers air from the machine to the mask.
What is the tubing?
This mask covers the nose only.
What is a nasal mask?
This company makes the AirSense 11
What is ResMed?
This doctor invented the first CPAP machine in 1981.
Who is Dr. Colin Sullivan?
This is how often most insurance plans allow mask replacement.
What is 3 months?
Sleep disorder marked by disruptions of breathing during sleep.
What is sleep apnea?
This mask goes into the nasal passage.
What is a nasal pillow mask?
Resmed, 3B React, Respironics
What are the 3 big CPAP companies?
This is the average number of breaths a person takes per night.
What is about 20,000?
This is the typical compliance period Medicare uses to evaluate CPAP usage.
What is 90 days?
Loud snoring, gasping or choking during sleep, waking up with a dry mouth, feeling tired after a full night's sleep, morning headaches and much more
What are symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
Resmed uses this letter to show that a mask has tubing out of the top.
What is the letter i?
E0470, E0471, E0601
What are CPAP and BIPAP, HCPC codes?
This is the percentage of people with sleep apnea who remain undiagnosed.
What is approximately 80%?
This document is required to bill insurance for a CPAP machine.
What is a prescription?
Nasal cushion/pillow replacement schedule
What is every 2 weeks?
Mask that has nasal pillows, covers the mouth, and has tubing out of the top.
What is the x30i?
This setting gradually increases pressure to the prescribed level to help users fall asleep more comfortably.
What is ramp time?
Patients do this medical test overnight to determine if they have sleep apnea or not.
What is a diagnostic sleep study?
This is the time that insurance will cover another CPAP machine.
5 years