Multiple Choice
Preoperative Diagnosis: Tonsillitis
Postoperative Diagnosis: Tonsillitis
Operation: Tonsillectomy
Anesthesia: General
Operation Description: A 12-year-old patient is diagnosed with tonsillitis and was recommended to have a tonsillectomy. Family consented to the surgery and patient admitted. Patient was positioned supine for the procedure. The right, then the left tonsil was removed. The tonsillar area was irrigated; no bleeding before or after the suturing. The patient tolerated the procedure well.
Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes.
A) 42820, J03.90
B) 42826, J03.90
C) 42821, J03.91
D) 42825, J03.91
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