CPT Code 31575 | Description, Procedure & Billing Guidelines (2022)
You can report CPT 31575 when a provider performs a diagnostic procedure with a flexible laryngoscope to detect abnormalities inside the patient’s larynx.
1. What Is CPT Code 31575?
CPT 31575 covers a procedure in which a provider uses a flexible laryngoscope to detect abnormalities inside the voice box (also called the larynx).
2. Description
The CPT book describes CPT 31575 as follows: “Laryngoscopy, flexible; diagnostic.”
3. Procedure
The provider begins the 31575 CPT code procedure with anesthetizing and prepping a patient before they insert the flexible laryngoscope.
The flexible laryngoscope is normally inserted into the nose of the patient. It gives the provider a view of the;
- larynx;
- throat;
- nose;
- hypopharyngeal structures;
- laryngeal structures; and
- vocal folds.
Then, the provider pulls back the flexible laryngoscope and ends this diagnostic procedure.
4. How To Use CPT Code 31575
You can not use CPT code 31575 with CPT 31231 except for procedures performed for a separate condition using a separate endoscope.
You can not report the 31575 CPT code in combination with the following CPT codes;
- CPT 92616;
- CPT 92614;
- CPT 92612;
- CPT 92511;
- CPT 43198;
- CPT 43197;
- CPT 42975;
- CPT 31578;
- CPT 31577;
- CPT 31576;
- CPT 31574;
- CPT 31573; and
- CPT 31572.
5. Resources
https://www.forwardhealth.wi.gov/kw/html/2794_SLPProcCodes.html
https://www.cancer.org/treatment/understanding-your-diagnosis/tests/endoscopy/laryngoscopy.html
