S04.50

Non-billable

Injury of facial nerve, unspecified side

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (6)

S04.5Injury of facial nerveCategory→S04.51Injury of facial nerve, right sideCategory→S04.52Injury of facial nerve, left sideCategory→S04.50XAInjury of facial nerve, unspecified side (initial encounter)Billable→S04.50XDInjury of facial nerve, unspecified side (subsequent encounter)Billable→S04.50XSInjury of facial nerve, unspecified side (sequela)Billable→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S04.50

Injury of facial nerve

Injury of facial nerve, right side

Injury of facial nerve, left side

Injury of facial nerve, unspecified side (initial encounter)

Injury of facial nerve, unspecified side (subsequent encounter)

Injury of facial nerve, unspecified side (sequela)