AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2021 Issue 4; Ask the Editor

Unilateral tonsillectomy

An adult patient presented with a left peritonsillar and retropharyngeal abscess. Since the abscess was on the left side only, a decision was made to perform a unilateral tonsillectomy. As the CPT codes that capture tonsillectomies, code range 42820-42836, are inherently bilateral procedures, for facility reporting, what is the appropriate CPT code for a unilateral tonsillectomy? ...

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