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Sally Smith is a coder for Sunny Side Associates in Thoracic Surgery. She reviewed the operative report from a procedure that was completed in the mediastinum by Dr. Zon. None of the CPT codes fully describes
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Sally Smith is a coder for Sunny Side Associates in Thoracic Surgery. She reviewed the operative report from a procedure that was completed in the mediastinum by Dr. Zon. None of the CPT codes fully describes the procedure that was completed. What CPT code should be used?
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she should report code 39499
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