S24

Non-billableSave

Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

S24 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (7)

S24.0Concussion and edema of thoracic spinal cordCategory→S24.1Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cordCategory→S24.2Injury of nerve root of thoracic spineCategory→S24.3Injury of peripheral nerves of thoraxCategory→S24.4Injury of thoracic sympathetic nervous systemCategory→S24.8Injury of other specified nerves of thoraxCategory→S24.9Injury of unspecified nerve of thoraxCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S24

Concussion and edema of thoracic spinal cord

S24.0›

Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cord

S24.1›

Injury of nerve root of thoracic spine

S24.2›

Injury of peripheral nerves of thorax

S24.3›

Injury of thoracic sympathetic nervous system

S24.4›

Injury of other specified nerves of thorax

S24.8›

Injury of unspecified nerve of thorax

S24.9›

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