Chapter 19 - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)»Injuries to the head (S00-S09)»Injury of abducent nerve (S04.4)
S04.4
Injury of abducent nerve
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Traumatic injury to the abducens, or sixth, cranial nerve. Injury to this nerve results in lateral rectus muscle weakness or paralysis. The nerve may be damaged by closed or penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA or by facial trauma involving the orbit.