S44.5
Header — not billableInjury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level
The ICD-10 code for injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level is S44.5.
S44.5 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- S44.0Injury of ulnar nerve at upper arm levelnon-billable header
- S44.1Injury of median nerve at upper arm levelnon-billable header
- S44.2Injury of radial nerve at upper arm levelnon-billable header
- S44.3Injury of axillary nervenon-billable header
- S44.4Injury of musculocutaneous nervenon-billable header
- S44.8Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm levelnon-billable header
- S44.9Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm levelnon-billable header
- S44.5Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm levelnon-billable header