Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level
Requires 7th character
S24 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- injuries of breast
- injuries of chest (wall)
- injuries of interscapular area
- Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
- Note: Code to highest level of thoracic spinal cord injury
- Note: 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.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- effects of foreign body in bronchus (T17.5)
- effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
- effects of foreign body in lung (T17.8)
- effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- injuries of axilla
- injuries of clavicle
- injuries of scapular region
- injuries of shoulder
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- injury of brachial plexus (S14.3)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
7th character
This code requires a 7th character. Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
More specific codes S24
- S24.0Concussion and edema of thoracic spinal cordNeeds 7th char
- S24.1Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cordNeeds 7th char
- S24.2Injury of nerve root of thoracic spineNeeds 7th char
- S24.3Injury of peripheral nerves of thoraxNeeds 7th char
- S24.4Injury of thoracic sympathetic nervous systemNeeds 7th char
- S24.8Injury of other specified nerves of thoraxNeeds 7th char
- S24.9Injury of unspecified nerve of thoraxNeeds 7th char
Related codes
- S20Superficial injury of thoraxNeeds 7th char
- S21Open wound of thoraxNeeds 7th char
- S22Fracture of rib(s), sternum and thoracic spineNeeds 7th char
- S23Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of thoraxNeeds 7th char
- S25Injury of blood vessels of thoraxNeeds 7th char
- S26Injury of heartNeeds 7th char
- S27Injury of other and unspecified intrathoracic organsNeeds 7th char
- S28Crushing injury of thorax, and traumatic amputation of part of thoraxNeeds 7th char
- S29Other and unspecified injuries of thoraxNeeds 7th char