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Understand What ‘Diagnostic’ Means for Bronchoscopies

Published on Fri Jan 06, 2023

Question: AMA CPT® guidelines state, “Surgical bronchoscopy always includes diagnostic bronchoscopy when performed by the same physician.” I’ve noticed that several of the bronchoscopy codes, such as 31623-31625, are performed to diagnose a problem, but 31622 is the only code with “diagnostic” specifically called out in the descriptor. Does “diagnostic” have a specific meaning for these bronchoscopy codes? Is every code [...]
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