Wiki De-roofing ovarian cyst during appendectomy (NCCI edit on CPT codes)

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Surgeon removed an ovarian cyst from the corpus luteum during a laparoscopic appendectomy. All specified CPT codes we have tried using for this (55805 for instance) are having NCCI edits with 44970 (appendectomy)

When using our 3M encoder, the only code we can come up with for a laparoscopic de-roofing of an ovarian cyst is 58679, which is an unlisted procedure, but I have been advised at my place of work that billing any unlisted code is unacceptable and that I'm not allowed to use it.

Any help with this would be appreciated! Thanks.
 
1) It is absurd if your place of work has a policy that you may never bill an unlisted code. While I typically try to avoid it, there are times it is simply not possible.
2) The correct code is 58662
There is a column 2 CCI edit, but that means it may be overridden with a modifier (likely -XU or -XS in this situation).
Hope that helps!
PS - I'm just glad to see a non- telehealth question!
 
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