S54.21 Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, right 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 S54.2 Injury of radial nerve at forearm level

Applicable to

• Injury of radial nerve NOS

Code annotations containing back-references to S54.21

Back-references to S54.2

• Type 1 Excludes: S44.2 Injury of radial nerve at upper arm level ("radial nerve NOS (S54.2)")

Nearby codes

• S54.2 Injury of radial nerve at forearm level
• S54.20 Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm
• S54.20XA Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm, initial encounter
• S54.20XD Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter
• S54.20XS Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm, sequela
• S54.21 Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, right arm (this code)
• S54.21XA Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, right arm, initial encounter
• S54.21XD Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, right arm, subsequent encounter
• S54.21XS Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, right arm, sequela
• S54.22 Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, left arm
• S54.22XA Injury of radial nerve at forearm level, left arm, initial encounter