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S04 - Injury of cranial nerve


The ICD 10 Code for Injury of cranial nerve is listed as S04.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: S04
Description: Injury of cranial nerve
  • 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.-)
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S04
  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela
Chapter Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of S04:
S04.0 - Injury of optic nerve and pathways
S04.1 - Injury of oculomotor nerve
S04.2 - Injury of trochlear nerve
S04.3 - Injury of trigeminal nerve
S04.4 - Injury of abducent nerve
S04.5 - Injury of facial nerve
S04.6 - Injury of acoustic nerve
S04.7 - Injury of accessory nerve
S04.8 - Injury of other cranial nerves
S04.9 - Injury of unspecified cranial nerve