S76.129A Laceration of unspecified quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon, initial encounter

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Built from S76.129 with 7th character A (initial encounter).

Applies from S76 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at hip and thigh level

Excludes2 (not included here)

• injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level (S86)
• sprain of joint and ligament of hip (S73.1)

Code also

• any associated open wound (S71.-)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S76

7th character required

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

Applies from S76.1 Injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon

Applicable to

• Injury of patellar ligament (tendon)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unspecified code (laterality): Unspecified codes for which a more specific code identifying laterality (right, left, bilateral) exists within the same code family.

Code annotations containing back-references to S76.129A

Back-references to S76.1

• Type 2 Excludes: S83 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of knee ("injury of patellar ligament (tendon) (S76.1-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: S86 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level ("injury of patellar ligament (tendon) (S76.1-)")

Back-references to S76

• Type 2 Excludes: S73 Dislocation and sprain of joint and ligaments of hip ("strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of hip and thigh (S76.-)")

Nearby codes

• S76.122 Laceration of left quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon
• S76.122A Laceration of left quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon, initial encounter
• S76.122D Laceration of left quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon, subsequent encounter
• S76.122S Laceration of left quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon, sequela
• S76.129 Laceration of unspecified quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon
• S76.129A Laceration of unspecified quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon, initial encounter (this code)
• S76.129D Laceration of unspecified quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon, subsequent encounter
• S76.129S Laceration of unspecified quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon, sequela
• S76.19 Other specified injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon
• S76.191 Other specified injury of right quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon
• S76.191A Other specified injury of right quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon, initial encounter