S44.12XS
Billable

Injury of median nerve at upper arm level, left arm (sequela)

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

Billable Code

S44.12XS is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Parent Codes Referenced:

S00-T88(Chapter 19)S44(Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level)S44.1(Injury of median nerve at upper arm level)S44.12(Injury of median nerve at upper arm level, left arm)

Excludes1

3 items

From S00-T88:

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

From S44.1:

•
median nerve NOS (S54.1)

Excludes2

1 item

From S44:

•
injury of brachial plexus (S14.3-)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

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

7th Character Notes

4 items

From S44:

•
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S44
•
A: initial encounter
•
D: subsequent encounter
•
S: sequela

S44.12XS
Billable

Injury of median nerve at upper arm level, left arm (sequela)

Billable Code

Additional Information from Parent Codes

Parent Codes Referenced:

Excludes1

From S00-T88:

From S44.1:

Excludes2

From S44:

Use Additional Code

From S00-T88:

7th Character Notes

From S44:

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S44.12XSBillable

Injury of median nerve at upper arm level, left arm (sequela)

Billable Code

Additional Information from Parent Codes

Parent Codes Referenced:

Excludes1

From S00-T88:

From S44.1:

Excludes2

From S44:

Use Additional Code

From S00-T88:

7th Character Notes

From S44:

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S44.12XS
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