[Solved]: The patient was taken to the Bronchoscopy Suite as an…

The patient was taken to the Bronchoscopy Suite as an outpatient. The nose and hypopharynx were anesthetized with Pontocaine. Following satisfactory anesthesia, the fiberoptic bronchoscope was passed transnasally without difficulty. The hypopharynx, epiglottis and cords were normal and moved normally. Trachea was normal without signs of deviation or compression. The carina was sharp and pulsatile. Both right and left tracheobronchial tree were inspected to the subsegmental level. There was some erythema and friability of the mucosa in the right middle and right lower lobe area and mild mucopurulent secretions. Otherwise, the tracheobronchial tree was normal without evidence of neoplasm or bleeding. The specimens were obtained for cytology and microbiologic studies. CPT code(s):