CPT^® 31643, Under Endoscopy Procedures on the Trachea and Bronchi

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 31643 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Endoscopy Procedures on the Trachea and Bronchi.

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In this procedure, the provider performs rigid or flexible bronchoscopy to view airways during a procedure. He may or may not use fluoroscopic guidance. He uses the bronchoscope to introduce one or more catheters into the lung for later placement of radioactive elements in the lung cavity for radiotherapy.

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EBUS Bundling Issue

[b]EBUS bundling[/b] +31654 Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, including fluoroscopic guidance, when performed; with transendoscopic endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) during bronchoscopic diagnostic or t... [ Read More ]

Billing for fiducial markers

One of my pulmonologist performed a bronchoscopy with catheter placement for intracavitary radioelement application which I know is 31643. For the application codes it states to see CPT codes 77761-7... [ Read More ]

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