Apatient with a right side, benign adrenal adenoma has a laparoscopic adrenalectomy. what cpt® and icd-10-cm codes are reported?

CPT® code is 60650

ICD-10-CM code is D35.01

Explanation:

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is a medical code that is set and use to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures and services to entities such as physicians, health insurance companies and accreditation organizations. CPT codes are used in conjunction with ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM numerical diagnostic coding during the electronic medical billing process.

Three types of CPT codes are available which are: Category I, Category II and Category III. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.

Category I: Procedures and contemporary medical practices

Category I covers procedures and contemporary medical practices that are widely performed. This category is the section coders usually identify with when talking about CPT and are five-digit numeric codes that identify a procedure or service that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), performed by healthcare professionals nationwide, and is proven and documented.

Its codes are broken down into six sections which are: evaluation and management , anesthesiology , surgery , radiology , pathology and laboratory , and medicine

Category II: Clinical Laboratory Services

The Category II CPT medical code set consists of the supplementary tracking codes that are used for performance measures and are intended to help collect information about the quality of care delivered. The use of this medical code set is optional and is not a substitute for Category I codes.

Category III: Emerging technologies, services and procedures

The Category III CPT code list consists of temporary codes that cover emerging technologies, services and procedures. They differ from the Category I medical CPT codes list in that they identify services that may not be widely performed by healthcare professionals, may not have FDA approval and also may not have proven clinical efficacy. To be eligible, the service or procedure must be involved in ongoing and planned research. The purpose of these CPT codes is to help researchers track emerging technologies and services.