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S24Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29)

Code Details

Billable	No — use a more specific child code
Chapter	Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section	Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29)

Valid 7th Characters

A	initial encounter
D	subsequent encounter
S	sequela

Coding Notes

Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)

injury of brachial plexus (S14.3)

Code Also

any associated:
fracture of thoracic vertebra (S22.0-)
open wound of thorax (S21.-)
transient paralysis (R29.5)

Note

Code to highest level of thoracic spinal cord injury
Injuries to the spinal cord (S24.0 and S24.1) refer to the cord level and not bone level injury, and can affect nerve roots at and below the level given.

7th Character Note

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S24

Subcategories (7)

S24.0 Concussion and edema of thoracic spinal cord
S24.1 Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cord
S24.2 Injury of nerve root of thoracic spine
S24.3 Injury of peripheral nerves of thorax
S24.4 Injury of thoracic sympathetic nervous system
S24.8 Injury of other specified nerves of thorax
S24.9 Injury of unspecified nerve of thorax

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