Preoperative Diagnosis: Pericardial Cyst
Postoperative Diagnosis: Same
Procedure: Thorascopy, surgical: with excision of pericardial cyst. Using VATS, the cyst was visualized and removed. The patient was sent to the ICU in good condition.
Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes.

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The procedure performed was a thorascopy with excision of a pericardial cyst using VATS, which corresponds to CPT code 32661. The ICD-10-CM code I31.8 is used for other specified diseases of the pericardium, which includes pericardial cysts.