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Medical Coding

Category - 50,000 Series

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A 67-year-old man is scheduled for a radical perineal prostatectomy with bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy including external iliac, hypogastric and obturator nodes all occurring during the same procedure.
  1. 55801
  2. 55810
  3. 55812
  4. 55815
Explanation
Answer: D - 55815 is the correct code for a radical perineal prostatectomy with bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy including the external iliac, hypogastric and obturator nodes on the same day.
Code 55801 is incorrect because this code is for a perineal subtotal prostatectomy. Code 55810 is incorrect because this code is for a radical perineal prostatectomy. Code 55812 is incorrect because this code is for a radical perineal prostatectomy with limited lymph node biopsies.
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