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955.9 - Injury To Unspecified Nerve Of Shoulder Girdle And Upper Limb


The ICD 9 Code for Injury to unspecified nerve of shoulder girdle and upper limb is listed as 955.9.
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: 955.9
Long Description: Injury to unspecified nerve of shoulder girdle and upper limb
Short Description: Inj nerve shldr/arm NOS
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: S44.90XA - Injury of unspecified nerve at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 955.9:
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
955.5 - Injury to cutaneous sensory nerve, upper limb
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