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S56.211A
Billable

Strain of other flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level, right arm (initial encounter)

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Billable Code

S56.211A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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Strain of flexor muscle, fascia, and tendon at forearm level

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Excludes1

2 items

From S00-T88:

Excludes2

2 items

From S56:

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

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

7th Character Notes

4 items

From S56:

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S56
  • A: initial encounter
  • D: subsequent encounter
  • S: sequela
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