tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 32

Coding Updates: Throw Those Modifiers Away for Multiple Transbronchial Biopsies

CPT 2004 also changes code for fluoroscopic guidance If your physician is performing multiple transbronchial biopsies, you can stop using the -22 or -59 modifiers to bill for multiple procedures.   The 2004 update to the Current Procedural Terminology includes two new bronchoscopy-related add-on codes: +31632 (Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, with or without fluoroscopic guidance; with transbronchial lung biopsy[s], each additional lobe [list separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) and +31633 (... with transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy[s] ...).   The two add-on codes should make it easier to receive payment for additional lung and aspiration biopsies without...

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