A physician performed the open excision of two deep axillary nodes in a 45-year-old female patient. What is the correct code for this procedure?
A)38500
B)38555
C)38525
D)38525 (X2)

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The correct code for the procedure is 38525 (Biopsy or Excision of Lymph Node(s); Open, Deep Axillary Nodes). This code does not need to be reported with more than one unit because the code description allows for the excision of multiple nodes. Code 38555 is also incorrect because this code is used for the excision of a cystic hygroma, not a deep axillary lymph node.

A Physician Performed the Open Excision of Two Deep Axillary