CPT^® 60210, Under Excision Procedures on the Thyroid Gland

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 60210 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Thyroid Gland.

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This is a procedure involving surgical removal of a part of one of the two lobes the thyroid gland is divided into. The provider may perform the procedure with or without surgical removal of the isthmus, the tissue connecting the two lobes of the thyroid gland in the middle.

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Total VS Partial Thyroid lobectomy

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Total vs Partial Thyroid Lobectomy, Unilateral; with or without isthmusectomy

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Isthmusectomy

Does anyone know the correct CPT code for a thyroid isthmusectomy with lateral margins. Was looking at 60200 vs 60210. Not sure margins alone qualify for 60210, but thought this was more than a tran... [ Read More ]

Cpt 60210

[b]Code description[/b] If you look in CPT the descriptor to this code says that 60210 is unilateral.... [ Read More ]

Cpt 60210

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Help !! 60220 to 60210

Please code this note . I think it is 60220, but the hospital is using 60210. Thanks!!! PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Right thyroid mass. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Follicular adenoma, right thyroi... [ Read More ]

Help! 60210 or 60220

Coder-figure the right codes

Need help, trying to figure the right codes, BC does not like what I've sent them. Procedure was: Right total & left subtotal Thyroidectomy Billed a 60220 & 60210 with modifer 59, they paid for the ... [ Read More ]

Partial thyroid lobectomy

as far as I can tell 60500 is for the parathyroid glands adjacent to the thyroid and 60210 is for the thyroid, is he removing both?... [ Read More ]

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