A 64-year-old patient presents with a biopsy-proven squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) located on the forehead. The clinically visible lesion measures 0.6 cm in diameter. A 0.4-cm margin circumferential excision is performed, resulting in a total excised maximum diameter of 1.4 cm (lesion plus margins). The specimen is oriented and marked, and an intraoperative frozen section analysis confirms negative margins. The wound is then extended to a fusiform shape to accomplish a linear repair. To facilitate tissue movement and to reduce wound closure-tension, undermining is performed to 1.5 cm beyond one entire line of closure, and a layered repair is performed. The resulting complex repair measured 4.0 cm in length. What is the appropriate code to report for this procedure? ...

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