953.4 BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 953.4

Short Description: Brachial plexus injury

Long Description: Injury to brachial plexus

Code Classification:

Injury and poisoning (800–999)
- Injury to nerves and spinal cord (950-957)
  - 953 Injury to nerve roots and spinal plexus
    - 953.4 Brachial plexus injury

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 953.4 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Crutch paralysis 953.4

Injury 959.9
- brachial plexus 953.4
  - newborn 767.6
- nerve 957.9
  - brachial plexus 953.4
  - plexus 957.9
    - spinal 953.9
      - brachial 953.4
- spinal (cord) 952.9
  - plexus 953.9
    - brachial 953.4

Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
- crutch 953.4

Crosswalk Information

The code 953.4 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
953.4		S14.3XXA	Injury of brachial plexus, initial encounter

This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
953.0	Injury to cervical nerve root
953.1	Injury to dorsal nerve root
953.2	Injury to lumbar nerve root
953.3	Injury to sacral nerve root
953.5	Injury to lumbosacral plexus
953.8	Injury to multiple sites of nerve roots and spinal plexus
953.9	Injury to unspecified site of nerve roots and spinal plexus

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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