Thymoma are present in a woman's thymus. She is scheduled for a transthoracic total thymectomy with radical mediastinal dissection. What is the correct CPT code for this procedure?

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60522 is the correct code for total thymectomy using the transthoracic approach with radical mediastinal dissection.
Code 60520 is incorrect because this code is for a partial or total thymectomy using the transcervical approach. Code 60521 is incorrect because this code is for partial or total thymectomy using a sternal split or transthoracic approach without radical mediastinal dissection. Code 60650 is incorrect because this code is for a surgical laparoscopy with adrenalectomy.

Thymoma Are Present in a Woman's Thymus