S04 Injury of cranial nerve

Non-billable header with 10 child codes.

Applicable to

• The selection of side should be based on the side of the body being affected

Code first

• any associated intracranial injury (S06.-)

Code also

• any associated:
• open wound of head (S01.-)
• skull fracture (S02.-)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S04

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Applies from S04 Injury of cranial nerve

Applicable to

• The selection of side should be based on the side of the body being affected

Code first

• any associated intracranial injury (S06.-)

Code also

• any associated:
• open wound of head (S01.-)
• skull fracture (S02.-)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S04

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Codes under S04

• S04.0 Injury of optic nerve and pathways
• S04.1 Injury of oculomotor nerve
• S04.2 Injury of trochlear nerve
• S04.3 Injury of trigeminal nerve
• S04.4 Injury of abducent nerve
• S04.5 Injury of facial nerve
• S04.6 Injury of acoustic nerve
• S04.7 Injury of accessory nerve
• S04.8 Injury of other cranial nerves
• S04.9 Injury of unspecified cranial nerve

Code annotations containing back-references to S04

Back-references to S04

• Code Also: G96.00 Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified ("head injury (S00-S09)")
• Code Also: G96.08 Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak ("head injury (S00 - S09)")
• Code Also: G96.09 Other spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak ("head injury (S00 - S09)")
• Code Also: S01 Open wound of head ("injury of cranial nerve (S04.-)")

Back-references to S04

• Code Also: G96.00 Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified ("head injury (S00-S09)")
• Code Also: G96.08 Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak ("head injury (S00 - S09)")
• Code Also: G96.09 Other spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak ("head injury (S00 - S09)")
• Code Also: S01 Open wound of head ("injury of cranial nerve (S04.-)")

Nearby codes

• S04 Injury of cranial nerve (this code)
• S04.0 Injury of optic nerve and pathways
• S04.01 Injury of optic nerve
• S04.011 Injury of optic nerve, right eye
• S04.011A Injury of optic nerve, right eye, initial encounter
• S04.011D Injury of optic nerve, right eye, subsequent encounter