S04.9
S04.9: Injury of unspecified cranial nerve
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S04.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of unspecified cranial nerve. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S04
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Injury›nerve NEC›cranial
- Injury›nerve NEC›cranial›contusion
- Injury›nerve NEC›cranial›laceration
- Injury›nerve NEC›cranial›specified›type NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S04.9
3 child codes. Green means billable.