AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 4 (April)

Coding Update: Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (April 2017)

April 2017 page 8 Coding Update: Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing The Medicine/Special Otorhinolaryngologic Services subsection of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2017 code set includes revisions to codes 92612-92617 (swallowing function evaluation with a flexible endoscope). In addition, several parenthetical reference notes were added after codes 92612-92617 and revisions were made to codes 31572-31579 (larynx endoscopy). An article was previously published in the December 2016 issue of CPT® Assistant that provided an overview of the changes to the flexible laryngoscopy codes 31575-31579. This coding update provides an overview of the 2017 revisions to codes 92612-92617. Evaluative and...

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