A 42-year-old man is scheduled for a bilateral vesiculotomy that is simple and is not complicated. What CPT code is used for this procedure?

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55600 with modifier -50 is the correct code for a bilateral vesiculotomy.
Code 55600 is the correct code but is missing the modifier to signify that it was a bilateral procedure, instead of a unilateral procedure. Code 55559 with or without the modifier -50 is incorrect because these are the codes for a complicated vesiculotomy, unilateral and bilateral

A 42-Year-Old Man Is Scheduled for a Bilateral Vesiculotomy That