S54.12 Injury of median nerve at forearm level, left arm

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applies from S54 Injury of nerves at forearm level

Excludes2 (not included here)

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

Code also

• any associated open wound (S51.-)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S54

7th character required

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

Applies from S54.1 Injury of median nerve at forearm level

Applicable to

• Injury of median nerve NOS

Code annotations containing back-references to S54.12

Back-references to S54.1

• Type 1 Excludes: S44.1 Injury of median nerve at upper arm level ("median nerve NOS (S54.1)")

Nearby codes

• S54.10XS Injury of median nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm, sequela
• S54.11 Injury of median nerve at forearm level, right arm
• S54.11XA Injury of median nerve at forearm level, right arm, initial encounter
• S54.11XD Injury of median nerve at forearm level, right arm, subsequent encounter
• S54.11XS Injury of median nerve at forearm level, right arm, sequela
• S54.12 Injury of median nerve at forearm level, left arm (this code)
• S54.12XA Injury of median nerve at forearm level, left arm, initial encounter
• S54.12XD Injury of median nerve at forearm level, left arm, subsequent encounter
• S54.12XS Injury of median nerve at forearm level, left arm, sequela
• S54.2 Injury of radial nerve at forearm level
• S54.20 Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm