{
    "code": "31575",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/31575/2020/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/31575/2020/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 2020?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $125.95 for CPT 31575 in the office (non-facility) setting and $68.57 in a facility under the Q4 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2020. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2020, when it increased 5.6%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2020,
        "quarter": "D",
        "label": "Q4 2020",
        "effective": "October 1 – December 31, 2020",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 125.95,
        "facility": 68.57,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 0.94,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 2.43,
        "practice_expense_facility": 0.84,
        "malpractice": 0.12
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 36.0896,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q4 2020)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu20d-updated-11232020.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2020/D",
        "file": "PPRRVU20_OCT.csv",
        "row": 8111,
        "sha256": "504fd19a9bc1d2eeebb290adac2d7de6c56d4e86cde7532df1862fe42494d319"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:00+00:00"
}