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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

S56.19

Other injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm level

Release
FY 2027
Effective

Hierarchy

Where S56.19 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. S56 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
  2. S56.1 Parent Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm level
  3. S56.19 This code Other injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm level

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes2

injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at or below wrist ( S66 .-)

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

Excludes2

sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow ( S53.4- )

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

Code Also

any associated open wound ( S51 .-)

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

7th Character

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

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

7th Character

A - initial encounter

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

7th Character

D - subsequent encounter

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

7th Character

S - sequela

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

More Specific Codes

9 codes under S56.19

Version History

How S56.19 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Other injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm level

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Other injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm level

Other codes under S56.1

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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