951.4 INJURY TO FACIAL NERVE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 951.4

Short Description: Injury to facial nerve

Long Description: Injury to facial nerve

Code Classification:

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

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 951.4 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Injury 959.9
    • nerve 957.9
      • cranial 951.9
        • seventh or facial 951.4
      • facial 951.4
        • newborn 767.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 951.4 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
951.4 Right Arrow S04.50XA Injury of facial nerve, unspecified side, 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
951.5 Injury to acoustic nerve
951.6 Injury to accessory nerve
951.7 Injury to hypoglossal nerve
951.8 Injury to other specified cranial nerves
951.9 Injury to unspecified cranial nerve


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