951.9 INJURY CRANIAL NERVE NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 951.9

Short Description: Injury cranial nerve NOS

Long Description: Injury to unspecified cranial nerve

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Injury to nerves and spinal cord (950-957)
      • 951 Injury to other cranial nerve(s)
        • 951.9 Injury cranial nerve NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 951.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Injury 959.9
    • nerve 957.9
      • cranial 951.9
        • first or olfactory 951.8
        • second or optic 950.0
        • third or oculomotor 951.0
        • fourth or trochlear 951.1
        • fifth or trigeminal 951.2
        • sixth or abducens 951.3
        • seventh or facial 951.4
        • eighth, acoustic, or auditory 951.5
        • ninth or glossopharyngeal 951.8
        • tenth, pneumogastric, or vagus 951.8
        • eleventh or accessory 951.6
        • twelfth or hypoglossal 951.7
        • newborn 767.7

Crosswalk Information

The code 951.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
951.9 Right Arrow S04.9XXA Injury of unspecified cranial nerve, 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
951.0 Injury to oculomotor nerve
951.1 Injury to trochlear nerve
951.2 Injury to trigeminal nerve
951.3 Injury to abducens nerve
951.4 Injury to facial nerve
951.5 Injury to acoustic nerve
951.6 Injury to accessory nerve
951.7 Injury to hypoglossal nerve
951.8 Injury to other specified cranial nerves


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