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S56Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Code Details

Billable	No — use a more specific child code
Chapter	Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section	Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Valid 7th Characters

A	initial encounter
D	subsequent encounter
S	sequela

Coding Notes

Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)

injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at or below wrist (S66.-)
sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow (S53.4-)

Code Also

any associated open wound (S51.-)

7th Character Note

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S56

Subcategories (8)

S56.0 Injury of flexor musc/fasc/tend thumb at forearm level
S56.1 Injury of flexor musc/fasc/tend and unsp finger at forarm lv
S56.2 Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
S56.3 Injury of extn/abdr musc/fasc/tend of thumb at forearm level
S56.4 Inj extensor musc/fasc/tend and unsp finger at forarm lv
S56.5 Injury of extn musc/fasc/tend at forearm level
S56.8 Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level
S56.9 Injury of unsp muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level

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