The January Pulmonology Coding Alert cover article Avoid Fraud: Dont Confuse Lung Lavage With Bronchial Alveolar Lavage, stated that lung lavages differ from bronchial alveolar lavage …

Feb 4, 2010 · Question My physician performed a flexible bronchoscopy with bilateral bronchial alveolar lavage (code 31624). Should modifier -50, Bilateral procedure,be appended to code …

If so, you should not bill the procedure twice just because the physician performed it on two different anatomic sites. If the physician performed the bronchoscopy with bronchial alveolar …

Jul 1, 2007 · A bronchoscopy is a procedure to aid in the evaluation and treatment of lung patients. Most often, the physician uses a fiberoptic scope and performs the procedure in the …

If the bronchoscopy with biopsies was performed in the left lung, upper and lower lobes, it is inappropriate to bill these procedures twice (i.e., once for the left-upper lobe and once for the …

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 31625 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Endoscopy Procedures on the …

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 31624 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Endoscopy Procedures on the …

Feb 17, 2014 · Texas Subscriber Answer: Because the procedure described is a diagnostic bronchoscopy and the surgeon uses the lavage to remove material for further study, the best …

Apr 8, 2010 · A surgeon performed a bronchoscopy with biopy and washing of the left lung. The majority of us feel that the CPT code should just be 31625. But the book states that it should …

Question: A patient with interstitial lung disease reported for a bronchial alveolar lavage procedure so the surgeon could collect specimens for cellular analysis. The patient was prepped and …