You Be the Coder: Diminish Tracheostomy Tube Change Confusion

Question: Our pulmonologist wants to bill for changing a trach tube for an established tract. I have been looking and the only CPT® code that I can find is 31502. Can an established tract tube change be reported using this code or is there any other code that is more appropriate?

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Answer: If the tracheostomy tube change has been done [...]

- Published on 2012-01-30