Wiki Need CPT for removal of foreign body in pharynx

[palani_bpt@yahoo.com]

Dear All,,

Please help me out to take the approriate CPT for the procedure note "foreign body - thin green coloured wooden stick , embedded in left tonsillo-lingual sulcus ( oropharynx )was localised with help of indirect laryngoscope and removed with help of forceps. No bleeding '' here am confused with laryngoscope also used but 42809 does not support the pocedure note do the needful Thanks in advance..

 

[dheeraj235]

Hi Buddy,

As per me you can use both CPT 42809 with 92520( Laryngeal function studies (ie, aerodynamic testing and acoustic testing)

 

[nicole@ent-sd.com]

How about for removal of tonsil stone? Would either 42809 or 42808 be appropriate to report for that procedure?

 

[lgardner]

How about for removal of tonsil stone? Would either 42809 or 42808 be appropriate to report for that procedure?

here is an older AAPC article about this:
https://www.aapc.com/codes/coding-n...iate code to,diseases of tonsils and adenoids).

but I tend to agree. I don't think that tonsil stones would be considered a foreign body, since they are produced within the body.

 

[freespririt0806]

How about for removal of tonsil stone? Would either 42809 or 42808 be appropriate to report for that procedure?

it is not a tonsil stone, those not foreign bodies the body produces the stones (calculi)