Kodex

Section

S44

Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level

Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- S40-S49 Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49)
  - S44 Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level
    - 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

Notes

Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code Also

S44

any associated open wound (S41.-)
- S41 Open wound of shoulder and upper arm

Use Additional

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

Includes

injuries of axilla
injuries of scapular region

Excludes 1

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

Excludes 2

S44

S14.3 Injury of brachial plexus

T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
injuries of elbow (S50-S59)
- S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods