ICD-10-CM Code S56.5
Injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S56.5 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of S56.5 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of extn musc/fasc/tend at forearm level' in more detail.
- S56.5 Injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level NON-BILLABLE
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- S56.501 Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, right arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.502 Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.509 Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, unspecified arm NON-BILLABLE
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- S56.511 Strain of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, right arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.512 Strain of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.519 Strain of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, unspecified arm NON-BILLABLE
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- S56.521 Laceration of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, right arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.522 Laceration of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.529 Laceration of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, unspecified arm NON-BILLABLE
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- S56.591 Other injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, right arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.592 Other injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.599 Other injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, unspecified arm NON-BILLABLE
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Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Traumatic division of extensor tendon - zone 3 (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
Parent Code: S56 - Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level