S04.6 is the ICD-10 code for Injury of acoustic 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 S04.6 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- Auditory nerve
- 8th cranial nerve
S04.6 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
S04.6Skade på nervus vestibulocochlearis [8. hjernenerve]
DS046Læsion af nervus acusticus
- DS046ANedsat hørelse efter læsion af nervus acusticus
S04.6Kuulo-tasapainohermon vamma
S04.6Verletzung des N. vestibulocochlearis
S04.6Lésion traumatique du nerf auditif
S04.6letsel van nervus vestibulo cochlearis
Listed through more specific codes:
- S04.60XAInjury of acoustic nerve, unspecified side, initial encounter
- S04.60XDInjury of acoustic nerve, unspecified side, subsequent encounter
- S04.60XSInjury of acoustic nerve, unspecified side, sequela
- S04.61XAInjury of acoustic nerve, right side, initial encounter
- S04.61XDInjury of acoustic nerve, right side, subsequent encounter
- S04.61XSInjury of acoustic nerve, right side, sequela
- S04.62XAInjury of acoustic nerve, left side, initial encounter
- S04.62XDInjury of acoustic 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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