S56.8
Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 never code together
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 4
S00-T88chapter
Notes
- 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
- 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.
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here filed at null
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Alongside this code 7 same parent — S56
S56.0 Injury of flexor musc/fasc/tend thumb at forearm level category S56.1 Injury of flexor musc/fasc/tend and unsp finger at forarm lv category S56.2 Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level category S56.3 Injury of extn/abdr musc/fasc/tend of thumb at forearm level category S56.4 Inj extensor musc/fasc/tend and unsp finger at forarm lv category S56.5 Injury of extn musc/fasc/tend at forearm level category S56.9 Injury of unsp muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level category
Subordinate codes 4
Medications 2
2 Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury drugs 1 Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic drugs
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