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Laryngoscopy (/ ˌ l ær ɪ ŋ ˈ ɡ ɒ s k ə p i /) is endoscopy of the larynx, a part of the throat. It is a medical procedure that is used to obtain a view, for example, of the vocal folds and the glottis .
used in direct laryngoscopy; video link: Jobson Horne's probe with ring curette: to access or clean the external ear: Tuning forks: for various clinical tests of hearing loss; vibration sense test Pritchard's politzerization apparatus: video link: Aural/Ear syringe: used to flush out anything like ear wax or foreign bodies from the external ear
The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.
A nasopharyngoscopy is a surgical procedure performed to examine the nose and throat.It is performed using a fiberoptic [1] instrument called a flexible fiberoptic nasopharyngoscope, [2] that is inserted through the nose in order to examine both it, and the back of the throat. [3]
Laryngectomy is the removal of the larynx.In a total laryngectomy, the entire larynx is removed (including the vocal folds, hyoid bone, epiglottis, thyroid and cricoid cartilage and a few tracheal cartilage rings) with the separation of the airway from the mouth, nose and esophagus. [1]
Procedure codes are a sub-type of medical classification used to identify specific surgical, medical, or diagnostic interventions. The structure of the codes will ...
Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing with Sensory Testing (FEESST), is essentially a Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) procedure with a formal sensory test (also known as laryngopharyngeal sensory testing) protocol included used to elicit the Laryngeal Adductor Reflex (LAR) directly using air pulses or direct touch with an endoscope.
The upper respiratory tract (laryngoscopy) The lower respiratory tract (bronchoscopy) The ear ; The Urinary bladder The Ureter (ureteroscopy) The female reproductive system (gynoscopy) The cervix ; The uterus (hysteroscopy) The fallopian tubes (falloposcopy) Normally closed body cavities (through a small incision):