S44

Non-billable

Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level

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

Coding Guidance

S44 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

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 (8)

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

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 S44

Injury of ulnar nerve at upper arm level

S44.0›

Injury of median nerve at upper arm level

S44.1›

Injury of radial nerve at upper arm level

S44.2›

Injury of axillary nerve

S44.3›

Injury of musculocutaneous nerve

S44.4›

Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level

S44.5›

Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level

S44.8›

Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm level

S44.9›