The 60-year-old’ death certificate said in January that she had suffered a cardiac arrest.
However, in a statement the LA coroner said the exact cause was unknown.
Sleep apnea is a common condition in which a person stops breathing during sleep, either for a few seconds or minutes.
As well as listing sleep apnea as a cause of death, the coroner’s statement cited other factors, including heart disease and drug use.
Carrie Fisher’s manner of death would be listed as undetermined, it said.
She had been on tour promoting her book The Princess Diarist when she was taken ill on a flight from London to Los Angeles on December 23.
Carrie Fisher never regained consciousness and died on December 27 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre.
Her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, died the following day.
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