S44.4 is the ICD-10 code for Injury of musculocutaneous nerve. It is a four-character subcategory of S44 (Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block S40–S49 (Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm) 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
S44.4 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
S44.4Skade på nervus musculocutaneus
DS444Læsion af nervus musculocutaneus
S44.4Lihas-ihohermon vamma
S44.4Verletzung des N. musculocutaneus
S44.4Lésion traumatique du nerf musculocutané
S44.4letsel van nervus musculocutaneus
Listed through more specific codes:
- S44.40XAInjury of musculocutaneous nerve, unspecified arm, initial encounter
- S44.40XDInjury of musculocutaneous nerve, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter
- S44.40XSInjury of musculocutaneous nerve, unspecified arm, sequela
- S44.41XAInjury of musculocutaneous nerve, right arm, initial encounter
- S44.41XDInjury of musculocutaneous nerve, right arm, subsequent encounter
- S44.41XSInjury of musculocutaneous nerve, right arm, sequela
- S44.42XAInjury of musculocutaneous nerve, left arm, initial encounter
- S44.42XDInjury of musculocutaneous nerve, left arm, 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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