ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S76 Injury of muscle, fascia and... › S76.8

S76.8

Injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • S76.80 Unspecified injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level (also a header)
  • S76.81 Strain of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level (also a header)
  • S76.82 Laceration of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level (also a header)
  • S76.89 Other injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level (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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level

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-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S76.0 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of hip Not billable
S76.1 Injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon Not billable
S76.2 Injury of adductor muscle, fascia and tendon of thigh Not billable
S76.3 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of the posterior muscle group at thigh level Not billable
S76.9 Injury of unspecified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level Not billable