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Dr. Paul Righi, MD

Dr. Paul Righi, MD

Keene, NH

Accepting patients

Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital

    Who is Dr. Righi, Otolaryngologist in Keene, NH?

    Dr. Paul Righi, MD is an Otolaryngologist, who primarily practices in Keene, NH with 1 additional practice location. He is board certified. Dr. Righi graduated from Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts and completed his residency at University Hosp, Inc, Otolaryngology; Fletcher Allen Hlth Care, Otolaryngology; Dartmouth-Hitchcock M C, General Surgery. Dr. Righi is fluent in English, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Righi’s practice accepts Medicare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Righi’s office at (603) 354-5400.

    What are Areas of Expertise for Dr. Righi?

    Dr. Paul Righi, MD is a highly-rated, board-certified Otolaryngologist known for expertly diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide array of related conditions or procedures. Utilizing the latest medical advancements and evidence-based practices, Dr. Righi empowers patients to confidently navigate their health journey, specializing in Head & Neck Surgery, or comprehensive wellness support. Serving the Keene/NH community, Dr. Righi is dedicated to enhancing lives through expert, patient-centered care.

    Where did Dr. Righi go to medical school and complete their residency?

    • Residency: University Hosp, Inc, Otolaryngology; Fletcher Allen Hlth Care, Otolaryngology; Dartmouth-Hitchcock M C, General Surgery | UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

    • Medical School: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts | Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

    Is Dr. Righi board certified as an Otolaryngologist?

    Yes, Dr. Paul Righi, MD is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology

    What languages does Dr. Righi speak?

    Dr. Righi and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:

    • English

    What conditions does Dr. Righi treat?

    As an Otolaryngologist, Dr. Righi diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Righi. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.

    Also known as:

    • Blocked Earwax
    • Blocked Right Earwax
    • Ear Disorder
    • Impacted earwax
    • Earwax impaction
    • Excess earwax
    • Impacted Earwax Right Ear
    • Excessive Right Earwax
    • Right Earwax Impaction

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H6123: Impacted cerumen, bilateral
    • H6121: Impacted cerumen, right ear
    • H6122: Impacted cerumen, left ear

    Also known as:

    • Sensorineural Hearing Loss
    • Hearing Disorder and Deafness
    • Nonsyndromic hearing loss
    • Nerve Deafness
    • Inner Ear Hearing Loss
    • SNHL
    • Permanent Hearing Loss

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H903: Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral

    Also known as:

    • Other Eustachian Tube Problems
    • Ear Disorder
    • Eustachian Tube Disorders
    • Ear Tube Issues

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H6983: Other specified disorders of Eustachian tube, bilateral

    Also known as:

    • Nose and Sinus Disorder
    • Nose Injuries and Disorder
    • Nasal problems
    • Sinus problems
    • Nose and sinus conditions

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • J3489: Other specified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses

    Also known as:

    • Ear Infection
    • Outer Ear Infection
    • Otitis Media
    • Middle Ear Infection
    • Ear Inflammation
    • Otitis Externa
    • Ear Canal Infection
    • External Ear Infection

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H6693: Otitis media, unspecified, bilateral
    • H608X3: Other otitis externa, bilateral

    Also known as:

    • Hearing Aid Fitting and Adjustment
    • Hearing Aids
    • Hearing Device Fitting
    • Hearing Aid Programming
    • Audiology Services

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • Z461: Encounter for fitting and adjustment of hearing aid

    Also known as:

    • Chronic Sinusitis
    • Sinusitis
    • Chronic sinus infection
    • Long-term sinus problems
    • Persistent sinus inflammation

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • J329: Chronic sinusitis, unspecified

    Also known as:

    • Nosebleed
    • Nose Injuries and Disorder
    • Epistaxis
    • Bleeding nose
    • Nasal hemorrhage

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • R040: Epistaxis

    Also known as:

    • Eustachian Tube Disorder
    • Ear Disorder
    • Eustachian Tube Problem
    • Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
    • Bilateral Eustachian Tube Disorder

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • H6993: Unspecified Eustachian tube disorder, bilateral

    Also known as:

    • Enlarged Tonsils
    • Tonsil hypertrophy
    • Swollen tonsils
    • Big tonsils

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • J351: Hypertrophy of tonsils

    Also known as:

    • Stuffy Nose
    • Nose Injuries and Disorder
    • Blocked nose
    • Nasal congestion
    • Congested nose

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • R0981: Nasal congestion

    Also known as:

    • Acid Reflux
    • GERD
    • Acid Reflux (GER & GERD) in Adults
    • Acid Reflux (GER & GERD) in Children
    • Acid Reflux (GER & GERD) in Infants
    • Gastroesophageal Reflux
    • Heartburn
    • Indigestion

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • K219: Gastro-esophageal reflux disease without esophagitis

    Also known as:

    • Allergic Rhinitis
    • Allergy
    • Nasal allergies
    • Allergy rhinitis
    • Chronic runny nose

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • J309: Allergic rhinitis, unspecified

    Also known as:

    • Chronic Tonsillitis
    • Tonsillitis
    • Persistent tonsil infection
    • Long-term tonsil inflammation
    • Recurrent tonsillitis

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • J3501: Chronic tonsillitis

    Also known as:

    • Deviated Septum
    • Nose Injuries and Disorder
    • Crooked nose septum
    • Nasal blockage
    • Septal deviation

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • J342: Deviated nasal septum

    Also known as:

    • Chronic Rhinitis
    • Nose Injuries and Disorder
    • Chronic runny nose
    • Persistent nasal inflammation
    • Long-term stuffy nose

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • J310: Chronic rhinitis

    Also known as:

    • Chronic Laryngitis
    • Throat Disorder
    • Voice Disorder
    • Persistent laryngitis
    • Long-term voice box inflammation
    • Chronic hoarseness

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • J370: Chronic laryngitis

    What procedures does Dr. Righi perform?

    As an Otolaryngologist, Dr. Righi performs a variety of medical procedures. This procedure information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical procedures most commonly performed by Dr. Righi. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.

    Also known as:

    • Impacted Ear Wax Removal (One Ear)
    • Cerumen Impaction Removal
    • Ear Wax Extraction with Tools
    • Professional Ear Cleaning

    CPT Codes:

    • 69210: Removal impacted cerumen requiring instrumentation, unilateral

    Also known as:

    • Ear Tube Insertion (General Anesthesia)
    • Anesthesia
    • Tympanostomy with Tubes
    • Myringotomy with Tube Placement
    • Ventilating Tube Insertion (Ear)

    CPT Codes:

    • 69436: Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia

    Also known as:

    • Mastoid Cavity Cleaning
    • Complex Cleaning of Mastoid Cavity
    • Mastoidectomy Debridement
    • Ear Canal Cleaning (Post-Surgery)
    • Mastoid Cleaning
    • Mastoid Debridement
    • Mastoidectomy Site Care

    CPT Codes:

    • 69220: Debridement, mastoidectomy cavity, simple (eg, routine cleaning)
    • 69222: Debridement, mastoidectomy cavity, complex (eg, with anesthesia or more than routine cleaning)

    Also known as:

    • Ear Drum Incision with Fluid Removal (Under General Anesthesia)
    • Myringotomy with Aspiration
    • Ear Tube Insertion (Myringotomy)
    • Eustachian Tube Inflation

    CPT Codes:

    • 69421: Myringotomy including aspiration and/or eustachian tube inflation requiring general anesthesia

    Also known as:

    • Ear Drum Incision with Fluid Drainage or Eustachian Tube Inflation
    • Myringotomy
    • Ear Drum Puncture
    • Eustachian Tube Inflation
    • Ear Fluid Drainage

    CPT Codes:

    • 69420: Myringotomy including aspiration and/or eustachian tube inflation

    Also known as:

    • Foreign Body Removal from Ear Canal (Without General Anesthesia)
    • Ear Canal Foreign Object Removal
    • Remove Object from Ear
    • Earwax Removal

    CPT Codes:

    • 69200: Removal foreign body from external auditory canal; without general anesthesia

    Also known as:

    • Flexible Diagnostic Laryngoscopy
    • Voice Box Exam
    • Flexible Laryngoscope
    • Throat Scope
    • Diagnostic Throat Exam

    CPT Codes:

    • 31575: Laryngoscopy, flexible; diagnostic

    Also known as:

    • Diagnostic Nasal Endoscopy
    • Endoscopy
    • Nose Scope
    • Rhinoscope
    • Nasal Examination with Scope

    CPT Codes:

    • 31231: Nasal endoscopy, diagnostic, unilateral or bilateral (separate procedure)

    Also known as:

    • Deviated Septum Repair
    • Nasal Turbinate Fracture
    • Septoplasty
    • Nasal Septum Surgery
    • Submucous Resection of Septum
    • Nose Septum Straightening
    • Therapeutic Nasal Turbinate Fracture
    • Nose Bone Fracture (Turbinate)
    • Inferior Turbinate Outfracture

    CPT Codes:

    • 30520: Septoplasty or submucous resection, with or without cartilage scoring, contouring or replacement with graft
    • 30930: Fracture nasal inferior turbinate(s), therapeutic

    Also known as:

    • Nasal and Sinus Endoscopy with Biopsy or Polyp Removal
    • Endoscopy
    • Sinus Endoscopy
    • Nasal Polyp Removal
    • Sinus Biopsy
    • Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 31237: Nasal/sinus endoscopy, surgical; with biopsy, polypectomy or debridement (separate procedure)

    Also known as:

    • Complex Nosebleed Treatment
    • Severe Nosebleed Control
    • Anterior Nasal Hemorrhage Repair
    • Nosebleed Cautery and Packing

    CPT Codes:

    • 30903: Control nasal hemorrhage, anterior, complex (extensive cautery and/or packing) any method

    Also known as:

    • Maxillary Sinus Tissue Removal (Endoscopic)
    • Endoscopic Ethmoid and Frontal Sinus Surgery
    • Endoscopy
    • Endoscopic Maxillary Antrostomy
    • Sinus Tissue Biopsy
    • Maxillary Sinus Surgery
    • Total Ethmoidectomy
    • Frontal Sinus Exploration (Endoscopic)
    • Nasal Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 31267: Nasal/sinus endoscopy, surgical, with maxillary antrostomy; with removal of tissue from maxillary sinus
    • 31253: Nasal/sinus endoscopy, surgical with ethmoidectomy; total (anterior and posterior), including frontal sinus exploration, with removal of tissue from frontal sinus, when performed

    Also known as:

    • Simple Nosebleed Treatment
    • Anterior Nasal Hemorrhage Control
    • Nosebleed Cautery
    • Nasal Packing for Nosebleed
    • Stop Nosebleed Procedure

    CPT Codes:

    • 30901: Control nasal hemorrhage, anterior, simple (limited cautery and/or packing) any method

    Also known as:

    • Laryngoscopy with Biopsy
    • Biopsy
    • Endoscopy
    • Direct Laryngoscopy with Tissue Sample
    • Voice Box Scope with Biopsy
    • Throat Biopsy via Laryngoscopy

    CPT Codes:

    • 31535: Laryngoscopy, direct, operative, with biopsy;

    Also known as:

    • Larynx Surgery with Microscope (Vocal Cord/Tumor Removal)
    • Direct Laryngoscopy with Excision
    • Vocal Cord Stripping
    • Epiglottis Tumor Removal

    CPT Codes:

    • 31541: Laryngoscopy, direct, operative, with excision of tumor and/or stripping of vocal cords or epiglottis; with operating microscope or telescope

    Also known as:

    • Tonsil and Adenoid Removal (Children)
    • Pediatric Tonsillectomy
    • Adenoidectomy for Kids
    • T&A Surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 42820: Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; younger than age 12

    Also known as:

    • Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Biopsy
    • Deep Neck Lymph Node Biopsy
    • Oropharynx Biopsy
    • Biopsy
    • Ultrasound
    • FNA Biopsy with Ultrasound
    • Image-Guided Biopsy
    • Fine Needle Aspiration
    • First Lesion Biopsy
    • Cervical Lymph Node Excision
    • Open Neck Lymph Node Biopsy
    • Deep Cervical Node Removal
    • Throat Biopsy
    • Back of Mouth Biopsy
    • Pharyngeal Biopsy

    CPT Codes:

    • 10005: Fine needle aspiration biopsy, including ultrasound guidance; first lesion
    • 38510: Biopsy or excision of lymph node(s); open, deep cervical node(s)
    • 42800: Biopsy; oropharynx

    Also known as:

    • Adenoid Removal for Children
    • Pediatric Adenoidectomy
    • Adenoid Surgery for Kids
    • Removal of Adenoids

    CPT Codes:

    • 42830: Adenoidectomy, primary; younger than age 12

    Also known as:

    • Tonsillectomy (Age 12+)
    • Tonsil Removal
    • Adult Tonsillectomy
    • Throat Surgery for Tonsils

    CPT Codes:

    • 42826: Tonsillectomy, primary or secondary; age 12 or over

    Also known as:

    • Esophagus Scope with Biopsy
    • Rigid Esophagoscopy
    • Throat Scope with Sample
    • Esophagus Examination and Biopsy

    CPT Codes:

    • 43191: Esophagoscopy, rigid, transoral; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing when performed (separate procedure)

    Also known as:

    • Tongue Tie Release (Frenotomy)
    • Lingual Frenectomy
    • Frenotomy
    • Tongue-Tie Surgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 41010: Incision of lingual frenum (frenotomy)

    Also known as:

    • Individual Speech and Language Therapy
    • Speech-Language Pathology
    • Voice Therapy
    • Communication Disorder Treatment
    • Auditory Processing Therapy

    CPT Codes:

    • 92507: Treatment Of Speech, Language, Voice, Communication, And/Or Auditory Processing Disorder; Individual

    Also known as:

    • Swallowing Study (Videofluoroscopy)
    • Dysphagia Tests
    • Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study (VFSS)
    • Modified Barium Swallow (MBS)
    • Dysphagia Evaluation

    CPT Codes:

    • 92611: Motion fluoroscopic evaluation of swallowing function by cine or video recording

    Also known as:

    • Swallowing Therapy
    • Dysphagia Treatment
    • Feeding Therapy
    • Oral Function Therapy

    CPT Codes:

    • 92526: Treatment of swallowing dysfunction and/or oral function for feeding

    Also known as:

    • Computer-Assisted Brain Navigation
    • Stereotactic Cranial Navigation
    • Image-Guided Brain Surgery
    • Computer-Guided Neurosurgery

    CPT Codes:

    • 61782: Stereotactic computer-assisted (navigational) procedure; cranial, extradural (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)

    Does Dr. Righi accept my insurance?

    Dr. Righi accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (603) 354-5400 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

    What insurance plans does Dr. Righi accept in Keene, NH?

    Dr. Righi in Keene, NH accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.

    Top Insurances

    • Elevance Health Inc. (formerly Anthem)

    • Medicare

    • Point32Health

    • State of Tennessee

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    Where is Dr. Righi's office located?

    Dr. Paul Righi's Primary Practice

    590 Court St

    Keene, NH 03431

    (603) 354-5400

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    Dr. Paul Righi's Practice 2

    1 Medical Center Dr

    Lebanon, NH 03756

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    What is Dr. Righi's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.

    Dr. Righi's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1629093372.

    What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Righi?

    Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Righi

    What is Dr. Paul Righi's specialty?

    Dr. Righi is a Otolaryngologist near Keene, NH. An otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon provides comprehensive medical and surgical care for conditions affecting the ears, nose, throat, respiratory, and upper alimentary systems, as well as related head and neck structures. This specialist diagnoses and treats diseases, allergies, neoplasms, deformities, disorders, and injuries involving these areas. Expertise includes head and neck oncology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and the treatment of hearing and voice disorders. Contact Dr. Righi to book an appointment today.

    Is this Dr. Paul Righi affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

    Yes, Dr. Righi is affiliated with Cheshire Medical Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center which are a Castle Connolly Top Hospitals. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals

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    Is Paul Righi accepting new patients in Keene, NH?

    Yes, Dr. Paul Righi is accepting new patients at this time.

    Does Dr. Paul Righi offer online booking?

    Please contact Dr. Righi's office at (603) 354-5400 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

    How can I make an appointment with Paul Righi?

    Please contact Dr. Righi's office at (603) 354-5400 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.

    Which board certifications does Dr. Paul Righi have?

    Dr. Paul Righi is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.

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