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 was admitted. Patient was positioned supine for the procedure. The right and the left tonsils were removed. The tonsillar area was irrigated. There was no bleeding before or after the suturing. The patient tolerated the procedure well.
Select the appropriate CPT code for the anesthesia service, as well as the ICD-10-CM code.
A) 00172-P2, J03.91
B) 00170-P1, J03.90
C) 00164-P1, J03.90
D) 00172-P1, J03.90
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