• All Diagnostic Codes
• Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
• Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)
• S54 - Injury of nerves at forearm level
  • S54.0 - Injury of ulnar nerve at forearm level
  • S54.1 - Injury of median nerve at forearm level
  • S54.2 - Injury of radial nerve at forearm level
  • S54.3 - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at forearm level
  • S54.8 - Injury of other nerves at forearm level
  • S54.9 - Injury of unspecified nerve at forearm level

S54 is a valid ICD-10-CM diagnosis code meaning 'Injury of nerves at forearm level'.

Separate Conditions Not Covered By S54

These conditions are is not covered by S54:

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

A patient may have both conditions at the same time, but both conditions must be coded separately.

Two Codes Required to Describe Condition

Two codes may be required to fully describe the patient's condition, but the sequencing of the two codes is discretionary, depending on the severity of the conditions and the reason for the patient encounter.

• any associated open wound (S51.-)