957.9 INJURY TO NERVE NOS

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 957.9

Short Description: Injury to nerve NOS

Long Description: Injury to nerves, unspecified site

Code Classification:

Injury and poisoning (800–999)
- Injury to nerves and spinal cord (950-957)
  - 957 Injury to other and unspecified nerves
    - 957.9 Injury to nerve NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 957.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Injury 959.9
- nerve 957.9
  - abducens 951.3
  - abducent 951.3
  - accessory 951.6
  - acoustic 951.5
  - ankle and foot 956.9
  - anterior crural, femoral 956.1
  - arm (see also Injury, nerve, upper limb) 955.9
  - auditory 951.5
  - axillary 955.0
  - brachial plexus 953.4
  - cervical sympathetic 954.0
  - 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
  - cutaneous sensory
    - lower limb 956.4
    - upper limb 955.5
  - digital (finger) 955.6
    - toe 956.5
  - facial 951.4
    - newborn 767.5
  - femoral 956.1
  - finger 955.9
  - foot and ankle 956.9
  - forearm 955.9
  - glossopharyngeal 951.8
  - hand and wrist 955.9
  - head and neck, superficial 957.0
  - hypoglossal 951.7
  - involving several parts of body 957.8
  - leg (see also Injury, nerve, lower limb) 956.9
  - lower limb 956.9
    - multiple 956.8
    - specified site NEC 956.5
  - lumbar plexus 953.5
  - lumbosacral plexus 953.5
  - median 955.1
    - forearm 955.1
    - wrist and hand 955.1
  - multiple (in several parts of body) (sites not classifiable to the same three-digit category) 957.8
  - musculocutaneous 955.4
  - musculospiral 955.3
    - upper arm 955.3
  - oculomotor 951.0
  - olfactory 951.8
  - optic 950.0
  - pelvic girdle 956.9
    - multiple sites 956.8
    - specified site NEC 956.5
  - peripheral 957.9
    - multiple (in several regions) (sites not classifiable to the same three-digit category) 957.8
    - specified site NEC 957.1
  - peroneal 956.3
    - ankle and foot 956.3
    - lower leg 956.3
  - plantar 956.5
  - plexus 957.9
    - celiac 954.1
    - mesenteric, inferior 954.1
    - spinal 953.9
      - brachial 953.4
      - lumbosacral 953.5
      - multiple sites 953.8
    - sympathetic NEC 954.1
  - pneumogastric 951.8
  - radial 955.3
    - wrist and hand 955.3
  - sacral plexus 953.5
  - sciatic 956.0
    - thigh 956.0
  - shoulder girdle 955.9
    - multiple 955.8
    - specified site NEC 955.7
  - specified site NEC 957.1
  - spinal 953.9
    - plexus - see Injury, nerve, plexus, spinal
    - root 953.9
      - cervical 953.0
      - dorsal 953.1
      - lumbar 953.2
      - multiple sites 953.8
      - sacral 953.3
  - splanchnic 954.1
  - sympathetic NEC 954.1
    - cervical 954.0
  - thigh 956.9
  - tibial 956.5
    - ankle and foot 956.2
    - lower leg 956.5
    - posterior 956.2
  - toe 956.9
  - trigeminal 951.2
  - trochlear 951.1
  - trunk, excluding shoulder and pelvic girdles 954.9
    - specified site NEC 954.8
    - sympathetic NEC 954.1
  - ulnar 955.2
    - forearm 955.2
    - wrist (and hand) 955.2
  - upper limb 955.9
    - multiple 955.8
    - specified site NEC 955.7
  - vagus 951.8
  - wrist and hand 955.9

Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
- nerve - see also Disorder, nerve
  - traumatic NEC (see also Injury, nerve, by site) 957.9
- transient
  - traumatic NEC (see also Injury, nerve, by site) 957.9
- traumatic, transient NEC (see also Injury, nerve, by site) 957.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 957.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
957.9		S14.9XXA	Injury of unspecified nerves of neck, 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
957.0	Injury to superficial nerves of head and neck
957.1	Injury to other specified nerve(s)
957.8	Injury to multiple nerves in several parts

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