Question

A 58 year-old man with an enlarging right hydrocele is here for surgical repair. he is taken to the operating room where the hydrocele was enucleated from the skin in dartos fashion and delivered into the wound. it was skeletonized at the equator and then was opened and drained. excess hydrocele sac tissue was excised with electrocautery. it was then wrapped backward around the spermatic cord and sewn there so it would not reform. there were a few pockets also opened up and skeletonized. the testicle was replaced in the scrotum. what cpt® code is reported for this service?

Answer 1

Hydrocele is a collection of fluid in the patient's scrotum. This patient underwent surgery involving hydrocele enucleation and sac repair. This involves cutting through the patient's tunica vaginalis. The corresponding CPT code for this procedure is CPT 55000, Under Incision Procedures on the Tunica Vaginalis.