S56
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Excludes2
injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at or below wrist ( S66 .-)
Excludes2
sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow ( S53.4- )
Code Also
any associated open wound ( S51 .-)
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S56
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
More Specific Codes
8 codes under S56
- S56.0 Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at forearm level Has subcodes
- S56.1 Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm level Has subcodes
- S56.2 Injury of other flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level Has subcodes
- S56.3 Injury of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm level Has subcodes
- S56.4 Injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm level Has subcodes
- S56.5 Injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level Has subcodes
- S56.8 Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level Has subcodes
- S56.9 Injury of unspecified muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level Has subcodes
Version History
How S56 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentInjury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedInjury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
Related Codes
Codes whose official notes reference S56
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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