ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S76.31 Strain of muscle, fascia and... › S76.312

S76.312

Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of the posterior muscle group at thigh level, left thigh

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:

  • S76.312A Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of the posterior muscle group at thigh level, left thigh, initial encounter
  • S76.312D Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of the posterior muscle group at thigh level, left thigh, subsequent encounter
  • S76.312S Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of the posterior muscle group at thigh level, left thigh, 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 Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of the posterior muscle group at thigh level, left thigh

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S76.311 Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of the posterior muscle group at thigh level, right thigh Not billable
S76.319 Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of the posterior muscle group at thigh level, unspecified thigh Not billable