S56

Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level

Requires 7th character

S56 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • injuries of wrist and hand (S60-S69)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
  • injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at or below wrist (S66.-)
  • sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow (S53.4-)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • any associated open wound (S51.-)

7th character

This code requires a 7th character. Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.

CharacterMeaning
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

More specific codes S56

  • S56.0Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at forearm levelNeeds 7th char
  • S56.1Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm levelNeeds 7th char
  • S56.2Injury of other flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm levelNeeds 7th char
  • S56.3Injury of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm levelNeeds 7th char
  • S56.4Injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm levelNeeds 7th char
  • S56.5Injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm levelNeeds 7th char
  • S56.8Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm levelNeeds 7th char
  • S56.9Injury of unspecified muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm levelNeeds 7th char

Related codes

  • S50Superficial injury of elbow and forearmNeeds 7th char
  • S51Open wound of elbow and forearmNeeds 7th char
  • S52Fracture of forearmNeeds 7th char
  • S53Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of elbowNeeds 7th char
  • S54Injury of nerves at forearm levelNeeds 7th char
  • S55Injury of blood vessels at forearm levelNeeds 7th char
  • S57Crushing injury of elbow and forearmNeeds 7th char
  • S58Traumatic amputation of elbow and forearmNeeds 7th char
  • S59Other and unspecified injuries of elbow and forearmNeeds 7th char

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