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ICD-10 diagnosis code

S04.0 Injury of optic nerve and pathways

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S04.0 is the ICD-10 code for Injury of optic nerve and pathways. It is a four-character subcategory of S04 (Injury of cranial nerves), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block S00–S09 (Injuries to the head) in Chapter XIX, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XIX · S00–T98
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What S04.0 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Optic chiasm
  • 2nd cranial nerve
  • Visual cortex

S04.0 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

S04.0Skada på synnerven och synbanorna

NorwayICD-10-NO

S04.0Skade på nervus opticus [2. hjernenerve] og synsbaner

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DS040Læsion af synsnerve og tractus opticus

  • DS040ALaesio traumatica chiasmatis optici
  • DS040BLaesio traumatica corticis visualis cerebri
  • DS040CLæsion af synsnerve
  • DS040DLæsion af tractus opticus
FinlandICD-10-FI

S04.0Näköhermon ja/tai näköradan vamma

GermanyICD-10-GM

S04.0Sehnerv- und Sehbahnenverletzung

FranceICD-10-FR

S04.0Lésion traumatique du nerf et des voies optiques

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

S04.0letsel van nervus opticus en optische banen

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • S04.011AInjury of optic nerve, right eye, initial encounter
  • S04.011DInjury of optic nerve, right eye, subsequent encounter
  • S04.011SInjury of optic nerve, right eye, sequela
  • S04.012AInjury of optic nerve, left eye, initial encounter
  • S04.012DInjury of optic nerve, left eye, subsequent encounter
  • S04.012SInjury of optic nerve, left eye, sequela
  • S04.019AInjury of optic nerve, unspecified eye, initial encounter
  • S04.019DInjury of optic nerve, unspecified eye, subsequent encounter
  • and 22 more national subcodes

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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