HCPCS 31628

Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, including fluoroscopic guidance, when performed; with transbronchial lung biopsy(s), single lobe

AI EXPLANATION: A bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy is a procedure that lets a doctor examine the inside of the lungs and breathing passages. A thin, lighted tube with a camera is gently guided through the nose or mouth, down the windpipe, and into the bronchial airways. Using real-time X-ray imaging for guidance, the doctor passes small instruments through the tube to collect tiny samples of lung tissue for laboratory analysis.