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cpt code for resection of for the duplication cyst via left thoracotomy

Date: Aug 3, 2022

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"Patient is a 5-month-old. PDA was ligated, and there was a large cyst in the mediastinum. It was underneath the aortic arch, deep to the PDA, displacing the left bronchus and trachea to the right, pushing on the main pulmonary artery, and displacing the esophagus posteriorly. The cyst was resected in its entirety." The best CPT code I could find for this is 32140. Would there be any other code to better suit this procedure?

Question ID : 17593
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