{
    "code": "31575",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/31575/2021/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/31575/2021/B",
    "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 Q2 2021?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $131.20 for CPT 31575 in the office (non-facility) setting and $67.69 in a facility under the Q2 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2021, when it increased 4.2%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2021,
        "quarter": "B",
        "label": "Q2 2021",
        "effective": "April 1 – June 30, 2021",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 131.2,
        "facility": 67.69,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 0.94,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 2.69,
        "practice_expense_facility": 0.87,
        "malpractice": 0.13
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 34.8931,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q2 2021)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21b-updated-03022021.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2021/B",
        "file": "PPRRVU21_APR.csv",
        "row": 8062,
        "sha256": "524bee7096166c9011a4ea02189783ef8c91f4d444585e5b2d561b879f9262de"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:33+00:00"
}