A 25-year-old obese male has had right-sided flank pain for about two months and noticed a lump during work one day. He initially thought it was a muscle spasm and ignored it, but it has increased in size and has gotten more painful. He went through a CT scan, which showed an intramuscular mass consistent to the physical exam that is approximately 6 cm in diameter. Due to the size and presentation, it was decided to excise the tumor. What is the correct code to use for this procedure?

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21933 is correct for the excision of a tumor that is 6 cm and is an intramuscular tumor.
Code 21931 is incorrect because although the size is correct, this is not a subcutaneous tumor. Code 21932 is incorrect because the size is too small and 21935 is incorrect because this did not involve a radical resection.

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