2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 953.4
Injury to brachial plexus
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 953.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 953.4 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
953.4 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S14.3XXA Injury of brachial plexus, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
- Brachial plexus injury
- Injury of brachial plexus
Clinical Information
- The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that conducts signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm, and hand. Brachial plexus injuries are caused by damage to those nerves.symptoms may include
- a limp or paralyzed arm
- lack of muscle control in the arm, hand, or wrist
- lack of feeling or sensation in the arm or hand
brachial plexus injuries can occur as a result of shoulder trauma, tumors, or inflammation. Sometimes they happen during childbirth when a baby's shoulders become stuck during delivery and the nerves stretch or tear.some brachial plexus injuries may heal without treatment. Many children who are injured during birth improve or recover by 3 to 4 months of age. Treatment includes physical therapy and, in some cases, surgery
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
953.4:
- Crutch paralysis 953.4
- Injury 959.9
- brachial plexus 953.4
- 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
- digital (finger) 955.6
- facial 951.4
- 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
- lumbar plexus 953.5
- lumbosacral plexus 953.5
- median 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
- oculomotor 951.0
- olfactory 951.8
- optic 950.0
- pelvic girdle 956.9
- 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
- plantar 956.5
- plexus 957.9
- pneumogastric 951.8
- radial 955.3
- sacral plexus 953.5
- sciatic 956.0
- shoulder girdle 955.9
- specified site NEC 957.1
- spinal 953.9
- plexus - see Injury, nerve, plexus, spinal
- root 953.9
- splanchnic 954.1
- sympathetic NEC 954.1
- thigh 956.9
- tibial 956.5
- toe 956.9
- trigeminal 951.2
- trochlear 951.1
- trunk, excluding shoulder and pelvic girdles 954.9
- ulnar 955.2
- upper limb 955.9
- vagus 951.8
- wrist and hand 955.9
- spinal (cord) 952.9
- with fracture, vertebra - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
- cervical (C1-C4) 952.00
- dorsal (D1-D6) (T1-T6) (thoracic) 952.10
- lumbar 952.2
- multiple sites 952.8
- nerve (root) NEC - see Injury, nerve, spinal, root
- plexus 953.9
- brachial 953.4
- lumbosacral 953.5
- multiple sites 953.8
- sacral 952.3
- thoracic (see also Injury, spinal, dorsal) 952.10
- Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
- crutch 953.4