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S56.822

Laceration of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level, left arm

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 never code together
S56code
Excludes2
  • injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at or below wrist (S66.-)S66.-
  • sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow (S53.4-)S53.4-
S50-S59block
Excludes2
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)T20-T32
  • frostbite (T33-T34)T33-T34
  • injuries of wrist and hand (S60-S69)S60-S69
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)T63.4
S00-T88chapter
Excludes2

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 4
S56code
Code also
  • any associated open wound (S51.-)S51.-
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 1
Alongside this code 2 same parent — S56.82
S56.821 Laceration of musc/fasc/tend at forearm level, right arm category S56.829 Laceration of musc/fasc/tend at forearm level, unsp arm category
Subordinate codes 3
S56.822A Laceration of musc/fasc/tend at forarm lv, left arm, init S56.822D Laceration of musc/fasc/tend at forarm lv, left arm, subs S56.822S Laceration of musc/fasc/tend at forarm lv, left arm, sequela
Additional references
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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
S56.82
Block
S50-S59
Siblings
2
Subordinate
3

Present FY2024–FY2027.