A 37-year-old woman notices a lump in her left lower abdominal wall. A large, 6 cm tumor was found on CT scan along the musculature of the abdominal wall. This was removed and found to be a desmoid tumor. What is the code for this procedure?

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22901 is correct because this tumor was 6 cm.
Code 22900 is incorrect because the size is larger than 5 cm. Codes 22902 and 22903 are incorrect because they involve a subcutaneous tumor, but this tumor is in the muscle of the abdominal wall.

A 37-Year-Old Woman Notices a Lump in Her Left Lower