S04.89 Injury of other cranial nerves

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Injury of vagus [10th] nerve

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 S04.89

• S04.891 Injury of other cranial nerves, right side
• S04.892 Injury of other cranial nerves, left side
• S04.899 Injury of other cranial nerves, unspecified side

Code annotations containing back-references to S04.89

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.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S04.89

• Injury › nerve NEC › cranial › specified › nerve NEC
• Injury › nerve NEC › cranial › specified › nerve NEC › contusion
• Injury › nerve NEC › cranial › specified › nerve NEC › laceration
• Injury › nerve NEC › cranial › specified › nerve NEC › specified type NEC
• Injury › nerve NEC › glossopharyngeal
• Injury › nerve NEC › glossopharyngeal › specified type NEC
• Injury › nerve NEC › hypoglossal
• Injury › nerve NEC › hypoglossal › specified type NEC
• Injury › nerve NEC › vagus
• Injury › nerve NEC › vagus › specified type NEC

Nearby codes

• S04.812S Injury of olfactory [1st ] nerve, left side, sequela
• S04.819 Injury of olfactory [1st ] nerve, unspecified side
• S04.819A Injury of olfactory [1st ] nerve, unspecified side, initial encounter
• S04.819D Injury of olfactory [1st ] nerve, unspecified side, subsequent encounter
• S04.819S Injury of olfactory [1st ] nerve, unspecified side, sequela
• S04.89 Injury of other cranial nerves (this code)
• S04.891 Injury of other cranial nerves, right side
• S04.891A Injury of other cranial nerves, right side, initial encounter
• S04.891D Injury of other cranial nerves, right side, subsequent encounter
• S04.891S Injury of other cranial nerves, right side, sequela
• S04.892 Injury of other cranial nerves, left side