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*The diagnosis is generally made based on:  demonstrated sleep apnea, obesity, and daytime hypercapnia not explained by other disorders (e.g. severe COPD).   
*The diagnosis is generally made based on:  demonstrated sleep apnea, obesity, and daytime hypercapnia not explained by other disorders (e.g. severe COPD).   
*It's also called Pickwick Syndrome.
*It's also called Pickwick Syndrome.
*While this is a respiratory disorder, there's nothing wrong with the lungs themselves.  Rather it's a problem with control of breathing.


== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
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