Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 956.9
Injury to unspecified nerve of pelvic girdle and lower limb
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Inj nerve pelv/leg NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 956.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 956.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 956.9.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 956.9: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 956.9 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S74.90XA Injury of unspecified nerve at hip and thigh level, unspecified leg, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S84.90XA Injury of unspecified nerve at lower leg level, unspecified leg, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S94.90XA Injury of unspecified nerve at ankle and foot level, unspecified leg, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
  • Injury of nerve at hip level
  • Injury of nerve at left hip level
  • Injury of nerve at right hip level
  • Lower limb traumatic neuroma
  • Nerve injury at ankle level
  • Nerve injury at foot level
  • Nerve injury at left ankle level
  • Nerve injury at left foot level
  • Nerve injury at right ankle level
  • Nerve injury at right foot level
  • Nerve injury of left toe
  • Nerve injury of pelvis
  • Nerve injury of right toe
  • Nerve injury of toe
  • Nerve injury, ankle level
  • Nerve injury, foot level
  • Nerve injury, hip level
  • Nerve injury, left ankle level
  • Nerve injury, left foot level
  • Nerve injury, left hip level
  • Nerve injury, left toe
  • Nerve injury, pelvis
  • Nerve injury, right ankle level
  • Nerve injury, right foot level
  • Nerve injury, right hip level
  • Nerve injury, right toe
  • Nerve injury, toe
  • Peripheral nerve injury of pelvis
  • Peripheral nerve injury, pelvis
  • Traumatic neuroma in nerve of lower limb
  • Traumatic neuroma of lower limb
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 956.9:
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