A 30-year-old woman discovered a lump on her thyroid, which turned out to be a malignancy. Her surgeon recommends total thyroidectomy with limited neck dissection to eliminate all cancerous tissue. What code should be used for this procedure?

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60252 is the correct code for total thyroidectomy for malignancy with limited neck dissection.
Code 60220 is incorrect because this code is used for total unilateral thyroid lobectomy with or without isthmusectomy. Code 60240 is incorrect because this code is used for a total or complete thyroidectomy. Code 60254 is incorrect because, while this code is for a thyroidectomy for malignancy, it involves a radical neck dissection instead of the limited dissection that was described in the procedure above.

A 30-Year-Old Woman Discovered a Lump on Her Thyroid, Which