S04.5 is the ICD-10 code for Injury of facial nerve. 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 S04.5 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- 7th cranial nerve
S04.5 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
S04.5Skade på nervus facialis [7. hjernenerve]
DS045Læsion af nervus facialis
S04.5Kasvohermon vamma
S04.5Verletzung des N. facialis
S04.5Lésion traumatique du nerf facial
S04.5letsel van nervus facialis
Listed through more specific codes:
- S04.50XAInjury of facial nerve, unspecified side, initial encounter
- S04.50XDInjury of facial nerve, unspecified side, subsequent encounter
- S04.50XSInjury of facial nerve, unspecified side, sequela
- S04.51XAInjury of facial nerve, right side, initial encounter
- S04.51XDInjury of facial nerve, right side, subsequent encounter
- S04.51XSInjury of facial nerve, right side, sequela
- S04.52XAInjury of facial nerve, left side, initial encounter
- S04.52XDInjury of facial nerve, left side, subsequent encounter
- and 1 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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