{
    "code": "31575",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/31575/2014/B",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/31575/2014/D",
    "description": "A soft fiberoptic scope, usually passed through the nose and down behind the tongue, gives a live view of the voice box and vocal cords while the patient is awake, breathing, and talking. It is purely diagnostic, so no biopsy is taken and no injection or tissue removal is done. Because the scope bends and the patient is not asleep, the cords can be watched actually moving, which a mirror exam cannot show.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 31575 in Q4 2014?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $116.07 for CPT 31575 in the office (non-facility) setting and $78.09 in a facility under the Q4 2014 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2014. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2014,
        "quarter": "D",
        "label": "Q4 2014",
        "effective": "October 1 – December 31, 2014",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 116.07,
        "facility": 78.09,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 1.1,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 2.03,
        "practice_expense_facility": 0.97,
        "malpractice": 0.11
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 35.8228,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q4 2014)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu14d.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2014/D",
        "file": "PPRRVU14_V0815_v5.csv",
        "row": 6998,
        "sha256": "9ff6da39ad421c38c816089ae3bed4bd754a642336efa8e8901e9cc38cca8705"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:05:30+00:00"
}