S76.1
S76.1 — Injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S76.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon. 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 S76
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Injury of patellar ligament (tendon)
Risk adjustment
S76.1 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.
Code to one of these instead S76.1
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S76. If S76.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S76.0Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of hip
- S76.2Injury of adductor muscle, fascia and tendon of thigh
- S76.3Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of the posterior muscle group at thigh level
- S76.8Injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level
- S76.9Injury of unspecified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level
Questions about S76.1
- Is S76.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S76.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S76.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79).