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CPT® 60000, Under Incision Procedures on the Thyroid Gland

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 60000 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Incision Procedures on the Thyroid Gland.

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The provider incises and drains an infected cyst of the thyroid. A thyroglossal duct cyst is a cyst in the midline of the neck caused by a segment of the thyroglossal duct that did not close or disappear during embryonic development.

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