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S54.8X2A

Injury of other nerves at forearm level, left arm, initial encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified injury of other nerves at forearm level, left arm, initial encounter
  2. FY2017 Description revised Unspecified injury of other nerves at forearm level, left arm, initial encounter Injury of other nerves at forearm level, left arm, initial encounter

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from S54 Injury of nerves at forearm level

Seventh character required

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

Excludes2 - not included here

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

Code also

  • any associated open wound (S51.-)

Inherited from the S50-S59 section Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • injuries of wrist and hand (S60-S69)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S54.8X2D Injury of other nerves at forearm level, left arm, subsequent encounter Valid
S54.8X2S Injury of other nerves at forearm level, left arm, sequela Valid