S44

The ICD-10-CM code for injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level is S44. The full clinical description is "Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level". S44 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S44 represents “Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level”. It is classified under Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, S44 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 8 child codes under S44.

S44 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S44 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71).

S44 has 8 child codes, including: 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), and 4 more.

Yes, when using S44, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S44 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0273529. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

S44 maps to the ICD-11 code: NC14.Z (Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder or upper arm level).