Injury of nerves at forearm level - S54
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 nerves at wrist and hand level (S64.-)
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 (S51.-)
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 S54
These ranges represents subcategories of Injury of nerves at forearm level. The "S54" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- S54.0 - Injury of ulnar nerve at forearm level
- S54.00 - Injury of ulnar nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S54.01 - Injury of ulnar nerve at forearm level, right arm
- S54.02 - Injury of ulnar nerve at forearm level, left arm
- S54.1 - Injury of median nerve at forearm level
- S54.10 - Injury of median nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S54.11 - Injury of median nerve at forearm level, right arm
- S54.12 - Injury of median nerve at forearm level, left arm
- S54.2 - Injury of radial nerve at forearm level
- S54.20 - Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S54.21 - Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, right arm
- S54.22 - Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, left arm
- S54.3 - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at forearm level
- S54.30 - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S54.31 - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at forearm level, right arm
- S54.32 - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at forearm level, left arm
- S54.8 - Injury of other nerves at forearm level
- S54.8X - Injury of other nerves at forearm level
- S54.8X1 - Injury of other nerves at forearm level, right arm
- S54.8X2 - Injury of other nerves at forearm level, left arm
- S54.8X9 - Injury of other nerves at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S54.9 - Injury of unspecified nerve at forearm level
- S54.90 - Injury of unspecified nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S54.91 - Injury of unspecified nerve at forearm level, right arm
- S54.92 - Injury of unspecified nerve at forearm level, left arm