Current book and archives back to 2000 Easy-to-read online book format Linked to and from code details
CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 25, 2015
If a diagnostic bronchoscopy (31622 (REVISED 2010)) is considered to be a bilateral procedure, would procedures performed using a bronchoscope also be considered bilateral? For example, if transbronchial biopsy is performed on both lungs, would code 31628 be reported one time, or would modifier 50, Bilateral procedure, be appended?
To view the Official AMA answer and 1000s more like this:
CPT® Knowledge Base is a compendium of real life coding questions asked by the coding community and answered by CPT® coding experts.
Over 2900 questions and authoritative answers from the CPT® professionals at the AMA. Get specific answers to challenging coding questions, and search the knowledge base of others' real world questions.
Access to this feature is available in the following products: