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955.5 - Injury To Cutaneous Sensory Nerve, Upper Limb


The ICD 9 Code for Injury to cutaneous sensory nerve, upper limb is listed as 955.5.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 955.5
Long Description: Injury to cutaneous sensory nerve, upper limb
Short Description: Inj cutan senso nerv/arm
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Injury To Nerves And Spinal Cord (950-957)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: S44.50XA - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: S54.30XA - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 955.5:
955.0 - Injury to axillary nerve
955.1 - Injury to median nerve
955.2 - Injury to ulnar nerve
955.3 - Injury to radial nerve
955.4 - Injury to musculocutaneous nerve
955.6 - Injury to digital nerve, upper limb
955.7 - Injury to other specified nerve(s) of shoulder girdle and upper limb
955.8 - Injury to multiple nerves of shoulder girdle and upper limb
955.9 - Injury to unspecified nerve of shoulder girdle and upper limb