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S56.202S

Unspecified injury of other flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm, sequela

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified injury of other flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm, sequela

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from S56 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S56

Excludes2 - not included here

  • injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at or below wrist (S66.-)
  • sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow (S53.4-)

Code also

  • any associated open wound (S51.-)

Inherited from the S50-S59 section Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • injuries of wrist and hand (S60-S69)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S56.202A Unspecified injury of other flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm, initial encounter Valid
S56.202D Unspecified injury of other flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm, subsequent encounter Valid