A physician performed a radical bilateral adrenalectomy with excision of an adjacent retroperitoneal tumor. What is the correct code this surgery?

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The correct code for this service is 60545 (Adrenalectomy, Partial or Complete; with Excision of Adjacent Retroperitoneal Tumor). Code 60540 is not the correct code because it does not include the excision of the retroperitoneal tumor. In parenthesis under the adrenalectomy codes it states "code 50323 should not be coded in addition to either 60540 or 60545."

A Physician Performed a Radical Bilateral Adrenalectomy with Excision of an Adjacent