ICD-10-CM Code S56.8
Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons 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 S56.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of S56.8 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level' in more detail.
- S56.8 Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level NON-BILLABLE
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- S56.801 Unspecified injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level, right arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.802 Unspecified injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level, left arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.809 Unspecified injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level, unspecified arm NON-BILLABLE
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- S56.891 Other injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level, right arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.892 Other injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level, left arm NON-BILLABLE
- S56.899 Other injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level, unspecified arm NON-BILLABLE
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Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Open wound of lower arm with tendon involvement (disorder)
- Strain of muscle and/or tendon of forearm (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
Parent Code: S56 - Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level