ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S76.1 Injury of quadriceps muscle,... › S76.12
Laceration of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S76.121 Laceration of right quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon (also a header)
- S76.122 Laceration of left quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon (also a header)
- S76.129 Laceration of unspecified quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Laceration of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon
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 S76 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at hip and thigh level
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S76
Excludes2 - not included here
- injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level (S86)
- sprain of joint and ligament of hip (S73.1)
Code also
- any associated open wound (S71.-)
Inherited from the S70-S79 section Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)
Excludes2 - not included here
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- snake bite (T63.0-)
- venomous insect bite or sting (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.
- Cut > muscle
- Injury > fascia
- Injury > tendon
- Strain > muscle
- Strain > tendon
- Avulsion > muscle
- Avulsion > tendon
- Division > muscle
- Laceration > muscle
- Laceration > tendon
- Tear, torn > muscle
- Tear, torn > tendon
- Injury > leg > muscle
- Injury > thigh > muscle
- Rupture, ruptured > muscle
- Rupture, ruptured > tendon
- Injury > muscle > extensor > finger
- Injury > muscle > intrinsic > finger
- Rupture, ruptured > muscle > traumatic
- Injury > muscle > thigh NEC > quadriceps
- Injury > muscle > leg > posterior muscle group
- Rupture, ruptured > traumatic > muscle or tendon
- Injury > patellar ligament > laceration
- Injury > muscle > quadriceps > laceration
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S76.10 | Unspecified injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon | Not billable |
| S76.11 | Strain of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon | Not billable |
| S76.19 | Other specified injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon | Not billable |