A 61-year-old patient with thyroid cancer received a right thyroid lobectomy via a transverse cervical incision. Superior and inferior thyroid vessels were severed in order to remove the thyroid lobe and the isthmus was severed and resected. How should you code for this service?
A) 60220
B) 60220 -50
C) 60225
D) 60240
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