Medical Coding

Category - 50,000 Series

A 70-year-old man is going to have a direct vesiculectomy performed on the right seminal vesicle. What is the correct CPT code for this procedure?
  1. 55600
  2. 55605
  3. 55650
  4. 55680
Explanation
Answer: C - 55650 is the correct code for unilateral vesiculectomy.
Code 55600 is incorrect because this code is for vesiculotomy. Code 55605 is incorrect because this code is for a complicated vesiculotomy. Code 55680 is incorrect because this code is for the excision of a Mullerian duct cyst
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