S54.8X2Injury of other nerves at forearm level, left arm

S54.8X2 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for injury of other nerves at forearm level, left arm. It belongs to category S54 (injury of nerves at forearm level), block S50-S59 (injuries to the elbow and forearm) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S54.8X (injury of other nerves at forearm level), S54.8X2 is specifically for injury of other nerves at forearm level, left arm. Related codes cover right arm (S54.8X1) and unspecified arm (S54.8X9).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015, and changed in FY2017 (title revised).