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S44 - Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level | ICD-10 | icd10free.com

ICD-10Chapter 19: S00-T88S44

S44

Non-billableSave

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)

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 level

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

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.-)