Wiki partial nephrectomy with adrenelctomy

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Good morning everybody,

i have a patient with ADRENAL cancer, INVADING THE UPPER POLE OF LT KIDNEY .... so the surgeon performed LT ADRENALECTOMY +PARTIAL UPPER POLE NEPHRECTOMY

do i need to assign 60540 with 50240?
or adrenelctomy is bundled into nephrectomy?

I know that adrenelctomy is bundled into radical nephrectomy, but what about partial nephrectomy?



Thank you

 

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They are bundled. (50240 includes 60540) but it can be unbundled with an appropriate modifier.