Wiki Discontinued Prostatectomy

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." Given his extensive history of surgical interventions multiple different approaches were made including lateralizing the incision to the cords however no good plane could be established and no fascia felt safe to enter. It was the opinion of multiple surgeons in the room that this procedure would best be aborted and as such closure ensued."

When the doctor discontinues a prostatectomy, he says to bill "exploratory laparotomy", but should I bill the open prostatectomy with 53 modifier instead?
 
Based on the prostatectomy having been started but then discontinued, I would bill the prostatectomy code and append modifier-53
 
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