CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 25, 2015

If a diagnostic bronchoscopy (31622 (REVISED 2010)) is considered to be a bilateral procedure, would procedures performed using a bronchoscope also be considered bilateral? For example, if transbronchial biopsy is performed on both lungs, would code 31628 be reported one time, or would modifier 50, Bilateral procedure, be appended?

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