S56 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level

Non-billable header with 8 child codes.

Excludes2 (not included here)

• 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

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Applies from S56 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level

Excludes2 (not included here)

• 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

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Codes under S56

• 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

Code annotations containing back-references to S56

Back-references to S56

• Type 2 Excludes: S46 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level ("injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at elbow (S56.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: S53 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow ("strain of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level (S56.-)")

Back-references to S56

• Type 2 Excludes: S46 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level ("injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at elbow (S56.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: S53 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow ("strain of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level (S56.-)")

Nearby codes

• S56 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level (this code)
• S56.0 Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at forearm level
• S56.00 Unspecified injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at forearm level
• S56.001 Unspecified injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of right thumb at forearm level
• S56.001A Unspecified injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of right thumb at forearm level, initial encounter
• S56.001D Unspecified injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of right thumb at forearm level, subsequent encounter