CPT^® 31653, Under Endoscopy Procedures on the Trachea and Bronchi

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 31653 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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The provider inserts a rigid or flexible lighted tubular instrument (endoscope) into the patient's lungs, with or without the aid of fluoroscopy, live X–ray images on a video display. The provider uses ultrasound guidance in the throat (trachea) and/or the major air passages to the lungs (bronchi) to take samples from three or more lymph node groupings, or stations, from the root of the lungs (hilum) or from between the lungs (mediastinal space).

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