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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

S56.501S

Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, right arm, sequela

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where S56.501S 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. S56.5 Injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
  3. S56.50 Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
  4. S56.501 Parent Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, right arm
  5. S56.501S This code Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, right arm, sequela

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

Version History

How S56.501S appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, right arm, sequela

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, right arm, sequela

Related Codes

Other codes under S56.501

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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