S76.8
S76.8 — Injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S76.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh 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 S76
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S76.8 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 S76.8
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- S76.80Unspecified injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level
- S76.81Strain of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level
- S76.82Laceration of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level
- S76.89Other injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S76. If S76.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S76.0Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of hip
- S76.1Injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon
- 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
- S76.9Injury of unspecified muscles, fascia and tendons at thigh level
Questions about S76.8
- Is S76.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S76.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S76.8 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).