Includes:

  • injuries of axilla
  • injuries of scapular region

Excludes2

  1. S44 Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level

    Excludes2

    • injury of brachial plexus (S14.3-)

    The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S44

    • A - initial encounter
    • D - subsequent encounter
    • S - sequela
    1. S44.0 Injury of ulnar nerve at upper arm level

      1. S44.00 Injury of ulnar nerve at upper arm level, unspecified arm

      2. S44.01 Injury of ulnar nerve at upper arm level, right arm

      3. S44.02 Injury of ulnar nerve at upper arm level, left arm

    2. S44.1 Injury of median nerve at upper arm level

      1. S44.10 Injury of median nerve at upper arm level, unspecified arm

      2. S44.11 Injury of median nerve at upper arm level, right arm

      3. S44.12 Injury of median nerve at upper arm level, left arm

    3. S44.2 Injury of radial nerve at upper arm level

      1. S44.20 Injury of radial nerve at upper arm level, unspecified arm

      2. S44.21 Injury of radial nerve at upper arm level, right arm

      3. S44.22 Injury of radial nerve at upper arm level, left arm

    4. S44.3 Injury of axillary nerve

      1. S44.30 Injury of axillary nerve, unspecified arm

      2. S44.31 Injury of axillary nerve, right arm

      3. S44.32 Injury of axillary nerve, left arm

    5. S44.4 Injury of musculocutaneous nerve

      1. S44.40 Injury of musculocutaneous nerve, unspecified arm

      2. S44.41 Injury of musculocutaneous nerve, right arm

      3. S44.42 Injury of musculocutaneous nerve, left arm

    6. S44.5 Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level

      1. S44.50 Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm

      2. S44.51 Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm

      3. S44.52 Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm

    7. S44.8 Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level

      1. S44.8X Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level

        • S44.8X1 Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
        • S44.8X2 Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
        • S44.8X9 Injury of other nerves at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
    8. S44.9 Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm level

      1. S44.90 Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm

      2. S44.91 Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm

      3. S44.92 Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.