S54.1

S54.1: Injury of median nerve at forearm level

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S54.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of median nerve at forearm 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 S54

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Injury of median nerve NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S54.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S54: Injury of nerves at forearm level

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

Other codes that can never be billed with S54.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

S44.1Injury of median nerve at upper arm level

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S54.1

3 child codes. Green means billable.