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31.42 - Laryngoscopy And Other Tracheoscopy


The ICD 9 Code for Laryngoscopy and other tracheoscopy is listed as 31.42.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 31.42
Description: Laryngoscopy and other tracheoscopy
Short Description: Larygnoscopy/tracheoscop
Chapter: Operations on the respiratory system
Subsection 1: Other operations on larynx and trachea
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BJ14ZZ - Inspection of Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BJ18ZZ - Inspection of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CJS4ZZ - Inspection of Larynx, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0CJS8ZZ - Inspection of Larynx, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 31.42:
31.41 - Tracheoscopy through artificial stoma
31.43 - Closed [endoscopic] biopsy of larynx
31.44 - Closed [endoscopic] biopsy of trachea
31.45 - Open biopsy of larynx or trachea
31.48 - Other diagnostic procedures on larynx
31.49 - Other diagnostic procedures on trachea