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Table 1 Relevant Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Code Definitions

From: Peri-operative factors predisposing to pharyngocutaneous fistula after total laryngectomy: analysis of a large multi-institutional patient cohort

CPT Code

Definition

Primary procedure

 31,360

Laryngectomy; total, without radical neck dissection

 31,365

Laryngectomy; total, with radical neck dissection

 31,367

Laryngectomy; subtotal supraglottic, without radical neck dissection

 31,368

Laryngectomy; subtotal supraglottic, with radical neck dissection

 31,370

Partial laryngectomy (hemilaryngectomy); horizontal

 31,375

Partial laryngectomy (hemilaryngectomy); laterovertical

 31,380

Partial laryngectomy (hemilaryngectomy); anterovertical

 31,382

Partial laryngectomy (hemilaryngectomy); antero-latero-vertical

 31,390

Pharyngolaryngectomy, with radical neck dissection; without reconstruction

 31,395

Pharyngolaryngectomy, with radical neck dissection; with reconstruction

Flap procedure

 15,732

Muscle, myocutaneous, or fasciocutaneous flap; head and neck (eg, temporalis, masseter muscle, sternocleidomastoid, levator scapulae)

 15,734

Muscle, myocutaneous, or fasciocutaneous flap; trunk

 15,736

Muscle, myocutaneous, or fasciocutaneous flap; upper extremity

 15,740

Flap; island pedicle requiring identification and dissection of an anatomically named axial vessel

 15,750

Flap; neurovascular pedicle

 15,756

Free muscle or myocutaneous flap with microvascular anastomosis

 15,757

Free skin flap with microvascular anastomosis

 15,758

Free fascial flap with microvascular anastomosis

Other

 31,611

Construction of tracheoesophageal fistula and subsequent insertion of an alaryngeal speech prosthesis (eg, voice button, Blom-Singer prosthesis)

  1. CPT Current Procedural Terminology