Hello …..i have this patient who is here for radical prostatectomy (had a prostate cancer) ….. the surgeon did laparotomy …. then the prostate was attached to the rectum and inseparable from it.there was a right inguinal hernia , it was repaired …….the operation aborted due to inability to separate prostate from rectum.

I have three choices here for the code:
1. Radical prostatectomy with modifier 52
2. Radical prostatectomy with modifier 53
3. Exploratory laparotomy.

How do you think I should code this case?

I really do appreciate your help

Linda Barbar