A patient is scheduled for a thymectomy for myasthenia gravis without radical mediastinal dissection and will be performed through a sternal split. What is the CPT code for this procedure?

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60521 is the correct code for a thymectomy using sternal split approach without radical mediastinal dissection.
Code 60520 is incorrect because this thymectomy uses a transcervical approach. Code 60522 is incorrect because this thymectomy includes radical mediastinal dissection. Code 60540 is incorrect because this code is for an adrenalectomy

A Patient Is Scheduled for a Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis