S56.129 — Laceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of unspecified finger at forearm level
S56.129 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for laceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of unspecified finger at forearm level. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S56
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S56.129 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How S56.129 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S56.129.
- Injury›muscle›finger›flexor›laceration
Code to one of these instead S56.129
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S56.129ALaceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of unspecified finger at forearm level, initial encounter
- S56.129DLaceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of unspecified finger at forearm level, subsequent encounter
- S56.129SLaceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of unspecified finger at forearm level, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S56.12. If S56.129 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S56.121Laceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of right index finger at forearm level
- S56.122Laceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of left index finger at forearm level
- S56.123Laceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of right middle finger at forearm level
- S56.124Laceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of left middle finger at forearm level
- S56.125Laceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of right ring finger at forearm level
- S56.126Laceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of left ring finger at forearm level
- S56.127Laceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of right little finger at forearm level
- S56.128Laceration of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of left little finger at forearm level
Questions about S56.129
- Is S56.129 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S56.129 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S56.129 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59).