ICD-Code S56: Injury of muscles and tendons at forearm level
- S56.0 Injury of flexor muscles and tendons of thumb at forearm level
- S56.1 Injury of long flexor muscles and tendons of other finger(s) at forearm level
- S56.2 Injury of other flexor muscles and tendons at forearm level
- S56.3 Injury of extensor or abductor muscles and tendons of thumb at forearm level
- S56.4 Injury of extensor muscles and tendons of other finger(s) at forearm level
- S56.5 Injury of other extensor muscles and tendons at forearm level
- S56.7 Injury of multiple muscles and tendons at forearm level
- S56.8 Injury of other and unspecified muscles and tendons at forearm level
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Source
The explanations of ICD and OPS codes are provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).