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S56 Non-Billable Code

Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level

Chapter Classification

Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Section Detail

S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Coding Guidelines & Notes

codeAlso
  • any associated open wound (S51.-)
excludes2
  • injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at or below wrist (S66.-)
  • sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow (S53.4-)
sevenChrDef
  • {'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
  • {'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
  • {'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}
sevenChrNote
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S56

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.

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

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