Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level - S44

Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.

Type 2 Excludes:

injury of brachial plexus (S14.3-)

Code Also: It indicates that an additional code should be used alongside the primary code to capture related factors or associated conditions.

Category codeAlso:

any associated open wound (S41.-)

The seventh character in ICD-10-CM is an essential component that adds specificity to diagnosis codes by indicating aspects like the encounter type, stage, or other relevant clinical details.

Category SevenChr Note:

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S44

These ranges represents subcategories of Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level. The "S44" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.

Codes:

S44.0 - Injury of ulnar nerve at upper arm level
S44.00 - Injury of ulnar nerve at upper arm level, unspecified arm
S44.01 - Injury of ulnar nerve at upper arm level, right arm
S44.02 - Injury of ulnar nerve at upper arm level, left arm
S44.1 - Injury of median nerve at upper arm level
S44.10 - Injury of median nerve at upper arm level, unspecified arm
S44.11 - Injury of median nerve at upper arm level, right arm
S44.12 - Injury of median nerve at upper arm level, left arm
S44.2 - Injury of radial nerve at upper arm level
S44.20 - Injury of radial nerve at upper arm level, unspecified arm
S44.21 - Injury of radial nerve at upper arm level, right arm
S44.22 - Injury of radial nerve at upper arm level, left arm
S44.3 - Injury of axillary nerve
S44.30 - Injury of axillary nerve, unspecified arm
S44.31 - Injury of axillary nerve, right arm
S44.32 - Injury of axillary nerve, left arm
S44.4 - Injury of musculocutaneous nerve
S44.40 - Injury of musculocutaneous nerve, unspecified arm
S44.41 - Injury of musculocutaneous nerve, right arm
S44.42 - Injury of musculocutaneous nerve, left arm
S44.5 - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level
S44.50 - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
S44.51 - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
S44.52 - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
S44.8 - Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level
S44.8X - Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level
S44.8X1 - Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
S44.8X2 - Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
S44.8X9 - Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
S44.9 - Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm level
S44.90 - Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
S44.91 - Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
S44.92 - Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm