CPT 31000–31899 codes: Surgery: respiratory system

This range contains 171 CPT Category I codes in the 2026 CMS fee schedule data, 168 of which carry work RVUs. Select a code to see its full RVU breakdown, Medicare status and related codes.

  • CPT 31000 — Lavage of maxillary sinus by cannulation (1.17 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31002 — Lavage of sphenoid sinus by cannulation (1.91 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31020 — Maxillary sinusotomy, intranasal approach (2.99 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31030 — Radical maxillary sinusotomy, Caldwell-Luc, without polyps (5.86 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31032 — Radical maxillary sinusotomy, Caldwell-Luc, with polyp removal (6.52 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31040 — Pterygomaxillary fossa surgery (9.53 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31050 — Sphenoidotomy, without mucosal biopsy (5.24 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31051 — Sphenoidotomy with mucosal biopsy or polyp removal (7.07 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31070 — External frontal sinusotomy, simple (4.29 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31075 — External frontal sinusotomy with osteoplastic flap (9.27 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31080 — Frontal sinusotomy, obliteration without osteoplastic flap, no fat (12.42 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31081 — Frontal sinusotomy, obliteration without osteoplastic flap, with fat (13.84 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31084 — Frontal sinusotomy, obliteration with osteoplastic flap, brow incision (14.58 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31085 — Frontal sinusotomy, obliteration with osteoplastic flap, coronal incision (15.25 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31086 — Frontal sinusotomy, nonobliterative osteoplastic flap, brow incision (14.00 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31087 — Frontal sinusotomy, nonobliterative osteoplastic flap, coronal incision (14.21 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31090 — Sinusotomy of three or more sinuses (10.89 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31200 — Anterior ethmoidectomy, intranasal (5.01 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31201 — Total ethmoidectomy, intranasal (8.39 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31205 — Total ethmoidectomy, extranasal (10.32 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31225 — Maxillectomy without orbital exenteration (26.03 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31230 — Maxillectomy with orbital exenteration (30.05 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31231 — Diagnostic nasal endoscopy, unilateral or bilateral (1.07 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31233 — Diagnostic nasal endoscopy with maxillary sinusoscopy (2.13 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31235 — Diagnostic nasal endoscopy with sphenoid sinusoscopy (2.57 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31237 — Nasal or sinus endoscopy with biopsy or polyp removal (2.54 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31238 — Endoscopic control of nosebleed (2.67 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31239 — Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (8.81 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31240 — Endoscopic resection of concha bullosa (2.54 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31241 — Endoscopic ligation of sphenopalatine artery (7.80 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31242 — Endoscopic radiofrequency ablation of posterior nasal nerve (2.63 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31243 — Endoscopic cryoablation of posterior nasal nerve (2.63 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31253 — Endoscopic total ethmoidectomy with frontal sinus exploration (8.78 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31254 — Endoscopic partial ethmoidectomy (4.16 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31255 — Nasal endoscopic surgery to open all ethmoid sinus cells on one side (5.61 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31256 — Endoscopic maxillary antrostomy (3.03 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31257 — Endoscopic total ethmoidectomy with sphenoidotomy (7.80 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31259 — Nasal endoscopic surgery to open the sphenoid sinus and remove tissue inside (8.27 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31267 — Nasal endoscopic surgery to clean out the maxillary sinus (4.56 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31276 — Endoscopic frontal sinusotomy with tissue removal (6.58 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31287 — Endoscopic sphenoidotomy (3.41 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31288 — Endoscopic sphenoidotomy with tissue removal (4.00 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31290 — Endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid leak, ethmoid (18.14 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31291 — Endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid leak, sphenoid (19.07 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31292 — Endoscopic orbital decompression, medial or inferior wall (15.50 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31293 — Endoscopic orbital decompression, medial and inferior walls (17.03 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31294 — Endoscopic optic nerve decompression (19.80 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31295 — Endoscopic maxillary sinus balloon dilation (2.63 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31296 — Endoscopic frontal sinus balloon dilation (3.02 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31297 — Endoscopic sphenoid sinus balloon dilation (2.38 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31298 — Endoscopic frontal and sphenoid sinus balloon dilation (4.39 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31299 — Unlisted px accessory sinus
  • CPT 31300 — Laryngotomy with removal of tumor or laryngocele, cordectomy (15.51 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31360 — Total laryngectomy without radical neck dissection (29.16 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31365 — Total laryngectomy with radical neck dissection (37.84 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31367 — Subtotal supraglottic laryngectomy without neck dissection (29.81 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31368 — Subtotal supraglottic laryngectomy with neck dissection (33.34 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31370 — Partial laryngectomy, horizontal (26.88 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31375 — Partial laryngectomy, laterovertical (25.42 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31380 — Partial laryngectomy, anterovertical (24.93 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31382 — Partial laryngectomy, antero-latero-vertical (27.86 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31390 — Pharyngolaryngectomy without radical neck dissection (41.45 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31395 — Pharyngolaryngectomy with reconstruction (42.71 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31400 — Arytenoidectomy or arytenoidopexy, external approach (11.31 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31420 — Epiglottidectomy (11.14 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31500 — Emergency endotracheal intubation (2.93 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31502 — Tracheotomy tube change before established tract (0.63 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31505 — Diagnostic indirect laryngoscopy (0.59 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31510 — Indirect laryngoscopy with biopsy (1.87 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31511 — Indirect laryngoscopy with foreign body removal (2.11 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31512 — Indirect laryngoscopy with lesion removal (2.02 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31513 — Indirect laryngoscopy with vocal cord injection (2.05 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31515 — Direct laryngoscopy for aspiration (1.76 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31520 — Diagnostic direct laryngoscopy, newborn (2.50 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31525 — Diagnostic direct laryngoscopy, excluding newborn (2.56 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31526 — Diagnostic direct laryngoscopy with operating microscope or telescope (2.51 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31527 — Direct laryngoscopy with insertion of obturator (3.19 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31528 — Direct laryngoscopy with dilation, initial (2.31 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31529 — Direct laryngoscopy with dilation, subsequent (2.61 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31530 — Direct laryngoscopy with foreign body removal (3.30 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31531 — Direct laryngoscopy with foreign body removal and operating microscope (3.49 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31535 — Direct laryngoscopy with biopsy (3.08 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31536 — Direct laryngoscopy with biopsy and operating microscope (3.46 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31540 — Direct laryngoscopy with excision of tumor or laser stripping (4.02 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31541 — Direct laryngoscopy with tumor excision and operating microscope (4.41 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31545 — Direct laryngoscopy with vocal cord submucosal lesion removal (6.14 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31546 — Direct laryngoscopy with vocal cord lesion removal and mucosal graft (9.49 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31551 — Laryngoplasty for laryngeal stenosis, cricoid split, without graft (20.96 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31552 — Laryngoplasty for laryngeal stenosis, cricoid split, with graft (19.99 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31553 — Laryngoplasty for laryngeal stenosis with stent, without graft (21.45 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31554 — Laryngoplasty for laryngeal stenosis with stent, with graft (21.45 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31560 — Direct laryngoscopy with arytenoidectomy (5.31 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31561 — Direct laryngoscopy with arytenoidectomy and operating microscope (5.84 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31570 — Direct laryngoscopy with vocal cord injection (3.76 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31571 — Direct laryngoscopy with vocal cord injection and operating microscope (4.15 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31572 — Flexible laryngoscopy with laser destruction of lesion (2.93 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31573 — Flexible laryngoscopy with therapeutic injection (2.37 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31574 — Flexible laryngoscopy with vocal cord augmentation injection (2.37 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31575 — Diagnostic flexible laryngoscopy (0.92 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31576 — Flexible laryngoscopy with biopsy (1.84 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31577 — Flexible laryngoscopy with foreign body removal (2.14 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31578 — Flexible laryngoscopy with lesion removal (2.37 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31579 — Diagnostic flexible or rigid laryngoscopy with stroboscopy (1.83 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31580 — Laryngoplasty for laryngeal web with keel insertion (14.24 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31584 — Open reduction and fixation of laryngeal fracture (17.14 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31587 — Laryngoplasty, cricoid split, without graft (14.89 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31590 — Laryngeal reinnervation with neuromuscular pedicle (7.65 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31591 — Medialization laryngoplasty with implant (13.22 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31592 — Cricotracheal resection (24.38 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31599 — Unlisted procedure larynx
  • CPT 31600 — Creating an opening in the windpipe (planned tracheostomy) (5.42 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31601 — Planned tracheostomy, under 2 years (7.80 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31603 — Emergency transtracheal tracheostomy (5.85 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31605 — Emergency cricothyroidotomy (6.29 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31610 — Tracheostomy with fenestration and skin flaps (11.70 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31611 — Construction of tracheoesophageal fistula for voice prosthesis (5.85 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31612 — Percutaneous tracheal puncture for aspiration or injection (0.89 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31613 — Revision of tracheostoma, simple (4.59 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31614 — Revision of tracheostoma, complex with flap rotation (8.41 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31615 — Tracheobronchoscopy through established tracheostomy (1.79 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31622 — Diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy (2.47 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31623 — Flexible bronchoscopy with brushing (2.56 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31624 — Flexible bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (2.56 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31625 — Bronchoscopy with biopsy (3.03 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31626 — Bronchoscopy with fiducial marker placement (3.81 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31627 — Bronchoscopy done with electromagnetic navigation for hard-to-reach lung areas (1.95 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31628 — Bronchoscopy with transbronchial lung biopsy, one lobe (3.46 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31629 — Bronchoscopy with needle biopsy of tissue in the lung or airway wall (3.66 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31630 — Bronchoscopy with tracheal or bronchial dilation or fracture reduction (3.71 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31631 — Bronchoscopy with tracheal dilation and stent placement (4.25 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31632 — Add-on: additional lung tissue biopsy taken during bronchoscopy (1.00 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31633 — Add-on: additional needle biopsy of chest lymph nodes taken during bronchoscopy (1.29 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31634 — Bronchoscopy with balloon occlusion for bronchopleural fistula (3.66 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31635 — Bronchoscopy with foreign body removal (3.33 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31636 — Bronchoscopy with bronchial stent placement, initial bronchus (4.19 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31637 — Add-on: bronchoscopy with additional bronchial stent placement (1.54 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31638 — Bronchoscopy with revision of tracheal or bronchial stent (4.76 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31640 — Bronchoscopy with excision of tumor (4.81 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31641 — Bronchoscopy with tumor destruction by laser or cryotherapy (4.89 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31643 — Bronchoscopy with catheter placement for brachytherapy (3.40 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31645 — Bronchoscopy with therapeutic suctioning of the airway, first session (2.81 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31646 — Bronchoscopy with therapeutic suctioning of the airway, subsequent session (2.71 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31647 — Bronchoscopy with initial bronchial valve insertion (4.05 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31648 — Bronchoscopy with initial bronchial valve removal (3.85 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31649 — Add-on: bronchoscopy with additional bronchial valve removal (1.40 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31651 — Add-on: bronchoscopy with additional bronchial valve insertion (1.54 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31652 — Bronchoscopy with ultrasound-guided sampling of one or two lymph node stations (4.35 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31653 — Bronchoscopy with ultrasound-guided sampling of three or more lymph node stations (4.84 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31654 — Add-on ultrasound guidance during bronchoscopy for lung nodule biopsy (1.37 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31660 — Bronchoscopy with bronchial thermoplasty, one lobe (3.90 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31661 — Bronchoscopy with bronchial thermoplasty, two or more lobes (4.14 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31717 — Bronchial brush biopsy via catheter (2.07 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31720 — Catheter aspiration of tracheobronchial tree, nasotracheal (1.03 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31725 — Catheter aspiration of tracheobronchial tree with fiberscope (1.67 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31730 — Transtracheal introduction of needle wire dilator or stent (2.78 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31750 — Tracheoplasty, cervical (15.01 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31755 — Tracheoplasty for tracheopharyngeal fistula (17.10 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31760 — Tracheoplasty, intrathoracic (22.89 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31766 — Carinal reconstruction (30.88 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31770 — Bronchoplasty, graft repair (22.95 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31775 — Bronchoplasty with excision of stenosis and anastomosis (23.98 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31780 — Excision of tracheal stenosis with reconstruction, cervical (19.34 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31781 — Excision of tracheal stenosis with reconstruction, cervicothoracic (24.23 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31785 — Excision of tracheal tumor, cervical (17.89 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31786 — Excision of tracheal tumor, thoracic (24.78 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31800 — Suture repair of tracheal wound, cervical (7.98 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31805 — Suture repair of tracheal wound, intrathoracic (13.08 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31820 — Surgical closure of tracheostomy without plastic repair (4.52 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31825 — Surgical closure of tracheostomy with plastic repair (6.89 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31830 — Revision of tracheal scar or stenosis without tracheoplasty (4.50 wRVUs)
  • CPT 31899 — Unlisted px trachea bronchi

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