33.22 - Fiber-optic Bronchoscopy

The ICD 9 Code for Fiber-optic bronchoscopy is listed as 33.22.
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:	33.22
Description:	Fiber-optic bronchoscopy
Short Description:	Fiber-optic bronchoscopy

Chapter:	Operations on the respiratory system
Subsection 1:	Other operations on lung and bronchus
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0BJ08ZZ - Inspection of Tracheobronchial Tree, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0BJK8ZZ - Inspection of Right Lung, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0BJL8ZZ - Inspection of Left Lung, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 33.22:
33.20 - Thoracoscopic lung biopsy
33.21 - Bronchoscopy through artificial stoma
33.23 - Other bronchoscopy
33.24 - Closed [endoscopic] biopsy of bronchus
33.25 - Open biopsy of bronchus
33.26 - Closed [percutaneous] [needle] biopsy of lung
33.27 - Closed endoscopic biopsy of lung
33.28 - Open biopsy of lung
33.29 - Other diagnostic procedures on lung or bronchus