ICD-10-CM Code S44.1
Injury of median nerve at 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 S44.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of S44.1 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of median nerve at upper arm level' in more detail.
- S44.1 Injury of median nerve at upper arm level NON-BILLABLE
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Coding Notes for S44.1 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Median nerve NOS - instead, use code S54.1
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S44.1 - Injury of median nerve at upper arm level'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S44.1. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S44 - Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level