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CPT® 31654, Under Endoscopy Procedures on the Trachea and Bronchi

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 31654 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Endoscopy Procedures on the Trachea and Bronchi.

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In this add–on procedure, the provider uses ultrasound guidance in the throat (trachea) and/or the major air passages to the lungs (bronchi) in addition to passing a rigid or flexible scope into the patient's lungs for evaluation and treatment of peripheral lesions (lesions along the margins of the areas being examined), with or without the aid of fluoroscopy, live X–ray images on a video display. 

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[b]Diagnostic EBUS[/b] What is the indication for the EBUS? There is an add-on code +31654 Bronchoscopy with transendoscopic endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) during bronchoscopic diagnostic or therap... [ Read More ]
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I relatively new to coding cardiothoracic and vascular surgery. I am not sure if I am selecting the correct code. My confusion is when do you use 31654 EBUS during therapeutic/diagnostic bronchoscopy.... [ Read More ]
Pulmonology EBUS coding
[b]Coding for above[/b] Assuming we can use the new and old together, I would have coded it as 31629 (Needle aspiration, @ 4R), 31628 (transbronchial bx not needle) 31624 (BAL), 31625 (endobronchial ... [ Read More ]
EBUS Bundling Issue
[b]EBUS bundling[/b] +31654 Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, including fluoroscopic guidance, when performed; with transendoscopic endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) during bronchoscopic diagnostic or t... [ Read More ]
EBUS Bundling Issue
I just found an alert from ATS News that due to a CMS NCCI processing error with EBUS codes, ATS is advising members to hold submission of claims for EBUS code services (31652-31654) until after April... [ Read More ]
New bronch code 31654 code defining lesion peripheral
With new bronchoscopy code +31654, how are others defining "peripheral" lesion?... [ Read More ]
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