A patient in cardiac arrest had to be intubated with an endotracheal tube (ET) during advanced cardiac life support treatment. What procedure code would you use for an emergency ET tube intubation?

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31500 is the correct code for an emergency endotracheal intubation of a patient.
Code 31420 is incorrect because there was no epiglottidectomy performed. Code 31502 is incorrect because there was no tracheotomy tube change and 31505 is incorrect because there was no laryngoscopy performed.

A Patient in Cardiac Arrest Had to Be Intubated with an Endotracheal