956.1 INJURY FEMORAL NERVE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 956.1

Short Description: Injury femoral nerve

Long Description: Injury to femoral nerve

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Injury to nerves and spinal cord (950-957)
      • 956 Injury to peripheral nerve(s) of pelvic girdle and lower limb
        • 956.1 Injury femoral nerve

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 956.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Injury 959.9
    • nerve 957.9
      • anterior crural, femoral 956.1
      • femoral 956.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 956.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
956.1 Right Arrow S74.10XA Injury of femoral nrv at hip and thigh level, unsp leg, init
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
956.0 Injury to sciatic nerve
956.2 Injury to posterior tibial nerve
956.3 Injury to peroneal nerve
956.4 Injury to cutaneous sensory nerve, lower limb
956.5 Injury to other specified nerve(s) of pelvic girdle and lower limb
956.8 Injury to multiple nerves of pelvic girdle and lower limb
956.9 Injury to unspecified nerve of pelvic girdle and lower limb


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