A 52-year-old man presents to the ER with severe abdominal pain. He has had abdominal pain for about six months, which has been coming and going. The pain increased one week ago, and today the patient was unable to bend without becoming short of breath due to the pain. A CT scan was performed and patient was noted to have a large, 7.5 cm soft tissue tumor attached to his abdominal wall. The patient underwent surgery to have it removed and it was found to be a sarcoma. During surgery, the patient also had a large margin removed from around the tumor site. What is the correct code for this procedure?

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22905 is correct for the removal of a 7.5 cm sarcoma.
Codes 22902 and 22903 are incorrect because they involve subcutaneous tumors. Code 22904 is incorrect because of the size of the tumor that is being resected.

A 52-Year-Old Man Presents to the ER with Severe Abdominal