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S44 Non-Billable Code

Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level

Chapter Classification

Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Section Detail

S40-S49 Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49)

Coding Guidelines & Notes

codeAlso
  • any associated open wound (S41.-)
excludes2
  • injury of brachial plexus (S14.3-)
sevenChrDef
  • {'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
  • {'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
  • {'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}
sevenChrNote
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S44

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.

  • S44.0 - Injury of ulnar nerve at upper arm level
  • S44.1 - Injury of median nerve at upper arm level
  • S44.2 - Injury of radial nerve at upper arm level
  • S44.3 - Injury of axillary nerve
  • S44.4 - Injury of musculocutaneous nerve
  • S44.5 - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level
  • S44.8 - Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level
  • S44.9 - Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm level

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