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Question 3 of 10 ions pr2ci07h_ch11 CP.04 Check My Work Instructions: Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each case. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Patient was prepped and draped; after adequate general endotracheal anesthesia, the body was somewhat flexed at the waist to provide adequate exposure after taping in preparation to separate the buttocks at the sacral crease. A probe was inserted into the inferior sinus, and only 3-4 cm of fluid was obtained. The area was prepped for excision, and an oval-shaped piece of skin was excised in total, including the 5.0-cm subcutaneous pilonidalcyst sinus end. Bleeding was controlled with electrocautery, the area was copiously irrigated with Betadine saline solution and suctioned and sponged off, and vertical mattress sutures of Prolene were placed in layers to obliterate the dead space. . Check My Work akeAssignment Main.do?takeAssignmentSessionLocator assignment-take 2e731520-f028-4749-abd2-8cd56baa7135

one code needed and I can't figure out which one

Answer 1

The CPT code for this senarios is 11772.

11772 is a surgical code which is for the procedure of pilonidal cyst.

Pilonidia cyst is a abnormal growth of skin which easily causes infection.