S56

Non-billable

Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

S56 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (8)

S56.0Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at forearm levelCategory→S56.1Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm levelCategory→S56.2Injury of other flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm levelCategory→S56.3Injury of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm levelCategory→S56.4Injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm levelCategory→S56.5Injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm levelCategory→S56.8Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm levelCategory→S56.9Injury of unspecified muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm levelCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S56

Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at forearm level

S56.0›

Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm level

S56.1›

Injury of other flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level

S56.2›

Injury of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm level

S56.3›

Injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm level

S56.4›

Injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level

S56.5›

Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level

S56.8›

Injury of unspecified muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level

S56.9›