A laparoscopic cholecystectomy with cholangiogram (47563) is performed because of a gallbladder perforation. During the

A laparoscopic cholecystectomy with cholangiogram (47563) is performed because of a gallbladder perforation. During the operation, a large subphrenic abscess under the right diaphragm with a fibrinous rind was discovered. The abscess was drained and cultures were obtained. Is it appropriate to separately report code 49329 for the abscess drainage because it is completely unrelated to the cholecystectomy?

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