A daughter is going to donate the right lobe of her liver to her mother, as a living donor. What CPT code should be used to show this type of donor hepatectomy?

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47142 is correct because this code is for a donor hepatectomy of the total right lobectomy.
Code 47120 is incorrect because this is the code for a hepatectomy that involved a partial lobectomy. Code 47130 is incorrect because this code is for the excision of a total right hepatic lobectomy not involving a donor. Code 47140 is incorrect because, while this is the code for a donor hepatectomy, it is for the left lateral segments only, not for the entire right lobe.

A Daughter Is Going to Donate the Right Lobe of Her