PRE-PROCEDURAL NOTE PATIENT: Carter, Clara

Multiple Choice

PRE-PROCEDURAL NOTE PATIENT: Carter, Clara
AGE: 46
DATE: 04/10/2014
PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Primary Malignancy, Thyroid
PROCEDURE PLANNED: Thyroidectomy
Patient is being treated unsuccessfully for primary malignancy of the thyroid and has elected to have a subtotal removal of the left thyroid. The physician will perform a partial thyroid lobectomy without isthmusectomy. How should the physician code for the procedure?

A) 60212 -LT
B) 60210 -LT
C) 60220 -LT
D) 60210 -50