CPT^® 60280, Under Excision Procedures on the Thyroid Gland

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 60280 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Thyroid Gland.

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The provider removes a thyroglossal duct cyst. A thyroglossal duct cyst is a cyst in the midline of the neck caused by a segment of the thyroglossal duct that did not close or disappear during embryonic development. The procedure is done to prevent infection, a recurrence of the cyst, or malignancy.

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Excision thyroglossal duct cyst

[B]Per AAPC - CPT 60280 - Clinical Responsibility[/B] When the patient is appropriately prepped and anesthetized, the provider incises the region of the enlarged cyst. She then divides the surrounding... [ Read More ]

Thyroglossal duct cyst

[QUOTE="b.cobuzzi, post: 475766, member: 12103"] From reading the note, I would go with 21556, Excision, tumor, soft tissue of neck or anterior thorax, subfascial (eg, intramuscular); less than 5 cm,... [ Read More ]

Thyroglossal duct cyst

From reading the note, I would go with 21556, Excision, tumor, soft tissue of neck or anterior thorax, subfascial (eg, intramuscular); less than 5 cm, Manders21. The surgeon went down to fascia and m... [ Read More ]

Thyroglossal duct cyst 21555 60280 excision neck mass thyroglossal duct cyst

I would like an opinion on this report. The op note says excision midline neck mass but the doctor told me it is an excision of the thyroglossal duct cyst. So I was wondering if I have enough info to ... [ Read More ]

Surgery Coding

Good Afternoon - I just wanted to check some coding rules for which I am starting to get confused on. Say the physician decides to do a thyroglossal duct cyst excision as the patient has a mass and ul... [ Read More ]

60280 Excision Thyroglossal Duct Cyst

When billing 60280 is it appropriate to bill for closure(deep closure,subcutaneous closure)?... [ Read More ]

submental neck mass

[b]Submental mass[/b] Hi Trent Going in for excision of neck mass down to muscle i would stick to 21556. He excised the node in full per the note. Did you have a path report before coding? if not... [ Read More ]

submental neck mass

Doc did an excisional biopsy of a submental neck mass. Pathlogy came back as a lymph node. I am looking at cpt code 38510 cervical node but his office says its cpt code 60280- excision of thyroglos... [ Read More ]

submental neck mass

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