S44.8X
S44.8X — Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S44.8X is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level. 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 S44
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S44.8X does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead S44.8X
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about S44.8X
- Is S44.8X a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S44.8X is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S44.8X sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49).