Respiratory System CPT

Endoscopy is listed through-out, NOT at the end.

Pharynx/Mouth is digestive

Some codes are partially cosmetic​

​Important Respiratory Notes

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​Code to the furthest extent

​May start at the nose, but end at the bronchus

Passing a scope through the mouth, into the trachea to view and examine the larynx, and then continuing on to the bronchus would be coded as a bronchoscopy​

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​Code the correct approach

thoracoscopy is with a scope (closed)

Thoracotomy is incision into the chest (open)​

Intranasal procedures may or may not need a scope!​

​Locating endoscopy procedures - index

You can look under ENDOSCOPY

or you can look under the anatomic TYPE of endoscopy (Bronchoscopy, Thoracoscopy, Sinusoscopy, Tracheoscopy, Laryngoscopy​

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​The NOSE

An abscess that is drained from the outside of the nose should be coded in the integumentary section (see 10060)

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The same applies to nose biopsies on the outside of the nose rather than intranasally

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Displacement therapy = saline flush of mucus​

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Epistaxis = nosebleed Therapeutic fracture is NOT a diagnosis​

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​Don't forget modifers -RT -LT and -50

Where applicable​

​Lungs and Pleura

​Thoracocentesis

May be performed with or without a chest tube that stays in place​

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