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S56.502

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

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • S56.502A Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm, initial encounter
  • S56.502D Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm, subsequent encounter
  • S56.502S Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, left arm

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
S56.501 Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, right arm Not billable
S56.509 Unspecified injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, unspecified arm Not billable