Nasopharyngoscopy with endoscope is an add-on code and should not be billed alone.

Nasopharyngoscopy with endoscope is an add-on code and should not be billed alone.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. It must be billed with a related procedure
• D. It is never billable

Answer: (B)

Add-on codes are meant to be used only in conjunction with a primary procedure and cannot be billed on their own. Nasopharyngoscopy with endoscope is a standard diagnostic endoscopy code and can be billed by itself when performed to evaluate the nasopharynx. So the statement that it is an add-on code and should not be billed alone is not correct. It is appropriate to report this code as a stand-alone service if that was the only procedure performed; you would only pair it with another procedure if documentation shows both were necessary, in which case you’d report both with proper coding rules.

Add-on codes are meant to be used only in conjunction with a primary procedure and cannot be billed on their own. Nasopharyngoscopy with endoscope is a standard diagnostic endoscopy code and can be billed by itself when performed to evaluate the nasopharynx. So the statement that it is an add-on code and should not be billed alone is not correct. It is appropriate to report this code as a stand-alone service if that was the only procedure performed; you would only pair it with another procedure if documentation shows both were necessary, in which case you’d report both with proper coding rules.