An 8-year-old boy has a massive over the handlebar accident on his bicycle, lacerating his spleen. He requires a total splenectomy to control the hemorrhaging. What CPT code would be used?

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38100 is the correct code for a total splenectomy.
Code 38101 is incorrect because this was a total, and not a partial, splenectomy. Code 38102 is incorrect because this is an add-on code. Code 38115 is incorrect because there was no repair done to the spleen during this procedure.

An 8-Year-Old Boy Has a Massive Over the Handlebar Accident