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378.53 - Fourth Or Trochlear Nerve Palsy


The ICD 9 Code for Fourth or trochlear nerve palsy is listed as 378.53.
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: 378.53
Long Description: Fourth or trochlear nerve palsy
Short Description: Fourth nerve palsy
Chapter: Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs
Block: Disorders Of The Eye And Adnexa (360-379)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: H49.10 - Fourth [trochlear] nerve palsy, unspecified eye (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 378.53:
378.50 - Paralytic strabismus, unspecified
378.51 - Third or oculomotor nerve palsy, partial
378.52 - Third or oculomotor nerve palsy, total
378.54 - Sixth or abducens nerve palsy
378.55 - External ophthalmoplegia
378.56 - Total ophthalmoplegia