ICD-10-CM Code S44
Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S44 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the eight child codes of S44 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level' in more detail.
- S44 Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level NON-BILLABLE
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- S44.30 Injury of axillary nerve, unspecified arm NON-BILLABLE
- S44.31 Injury of axillary nerve, right arm NON-BILLABLE
- S44.32 Injury of axillary nerve, left arm NON-BILLABLE
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- S44.40 Injury of musculocutaneous nerve, unspecified arm NON-BILLABLE
- S44.41 Injury of musculocutaneous nerve, right arm NON-BILLABLE
- S44.42 Injury of musculocutaneous nerve, left arm NON-BILLABLE
Coding Notes for S44 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Also Note:
Code Also
A Code Also note indicates that two or more codes may be required to fully describe a condition, but the order of codes is at the coder's discretion. Code order depends on the severity of the conditions and the reason for the encounter. - Any associated open wound See code S41.-
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Injury of brachial plexus - instead, use code S14.3-
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7th Character Extension Notes:
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info - The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code S44