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S54Injury of nerves at forearm level

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Code Details

Billable	No — use a more specific child code
Chapter	Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section	Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Valid 7th Characters

A	initial encounter
D	subsequent encounter
S	sequela

Coding Notes

Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)

injury of nerves at wrist and hand level (S64.-)

Code Also

any associated open wound (S51.-)

7th Character Note

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S54

Subcategories (6)

S54.0 Injury of ulnar nerve at forearm level
S54.1 Injury of median nerve at forearm level
S54.2 Injury of radial nerve at forearm level
S54.3 Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at forearm level
S54.8 Injury of other nerves at forearm level
S54.9 Injury of unspecified nerve at forearm level

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