The patient undergoes repair of the renal pelvis to treat an ureteropelvic junction obstruction the patient has had since birth. An incision is made and an excision is performed on the (right) congenital kidney abnormality; a secondary pyeloplasty, solitary kidney or calycoplasty is performed on the left kidney. Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes.

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50400 is the CPT code for pyeloplasty (repair of the renal pelvis), which is appropriate for the procedure described, with modifier -RT indicating the right side. 50405 represents a secondary pyeloplasty or calycoplasty, with modifier -LT for the left side. Q62.11 is the ICD-10-CM code for congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction, which matches the described condition.

The Patient Undergoes Repair of the Renal Pelvis to Treat