tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 4

Coding Descriptors: Changes Make It Easier to Bill for Multiple Bronchoscopy Sites

The 2004 CPT book updates the descriptors for several bronchoscopy codes, and the change may make it easier to bill for multiple bronchoscopies. The descriptors for three codes changed to make it clearer that you shouldn't bill for multiple instances of the same code on the same date of service. CPT code 31625 now reads: Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, with or without fluoroscopic guidance; with bronchial or endobronchial biopsy(s), single or multiple sites.  And two other codes changed their descriptors: 31628 (... with transbronchial lung biopsy[s], single lobe) and 31629 (... with transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy[s], trachea...

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