AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 3 (March)

Surgery: Respiratory System (March 2008)

March 2008 page 15 Surgery: Respiratory System, 76499 (Q&A) Question: How would electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy (ENB) be reported? Answer: There is no specific CPT code for navigational bronchoscopy. Therefore, the appropriate bronchoscopy code would be reported for the surgical intervention performed subsequent to the preplanning by the use of the navigational software. The unlisted code 76499, Unlisted diagnostic radiographic procedure, should be reported for the preplanning. ENB is a newly available technology involving two phases: preplanning and surgery. During the first phase, the physician creates a plan using the patient's computed tomographic image and ENB planning software. A...

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