A long-time smoker is undergoing bilobectomy of his right lung due to cancer. He will have the middle and lower lobes removed during his procedure. What CPT code should be used to indicate that not just one lung or one lobe of the lung was removed?

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32482 is the correct code for a pneumonectomy of two lobes of the lung, which is called a bilobectomy.
Code 32440 is for a pneumonectomy and 32480 is for a single lobe or a lobectomy. Code 32484 is for a segmentectomy where just a single segment of a lobe is removed.

A Long-Time Smoker Is Undergoing Bilobectomy of His Right Lung