AMA CPT® Assistant - 2009 Issue 12 (December)

Surgery: Respiratory System (December 2009)

December 2009 page 10b Bonus Feature:Surgery: Respiratory System Question: Can code 31500 be reported for rapid sequence endotracheal intubation? Is the moderate sedation separately reported? Donna Allshire, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, CEDC, RCC Answer: Yes, to both questions. Code 31500, Intubation, endotracheal, emergency procedure, should be reported for a stand-alone emergent or semi-emergent endotracheal intubation, such as rapid sequence intubation either using a rigid or flexible type of endoscope (ie, laryngoscope, bronchoscope). If a critically-ill patient is intubated with a bronchoscope, and the airways is then examined to exclude, for example, obstruction, infection or other processes contributing to the respiratory...

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