S24.144

Brown-Sequard syndrome at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord

Requires 7th character

S24.144 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from S24)

  • 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) (from S24)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from S24)
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32) (from S24)
  • effects of foreign body in bronchus (T17.5) (from S24)
  • effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1) (from S24)
  • effects of foreign body in lung (T17.8) (from S24)
  • effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4) (from S24)
  • frostbite (T33-T34) (from S24)
  • injuries of axilla (from S24)
  • injuries of clavicle (from S24)
  • injuries of scapular region (from S24)
  • injuries of shoulder (from S24)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) (from S24)
  • injury of brachial plexus (S14.3) (from S24)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-) (from S24)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • any associated: (from S24)
  • fracture of thoracic vertebra (S22.0-) (from S24)
  • open wound of thorax (S21.-) (from S24)
  • transient paralysis (R29.5) (from S24)

7th character

This code requires a 7th character (defined at S24). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.

CharacterMeaning
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

Parent code

  • S24.14Brown-Sequard syndrome of thoracic spinal cordNeeds 7th char

More specific codes S24.144

  • S24.144ABrown-Sequard syndrome at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord, initial encounterBillable
  • S24.144DBrown-Sequard syndrome at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord, subsequent encounterBillable
  • S24.144SBrown-Sequard syndrome at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord, sequelaBillable

Related codes

  • S24.141Brown-Sequard syndrome at T1 level of thoracic spinal cordNeeds 7th char
  • S24.142Brown-Sequard syndrome at T2-T6 level of thoracic spinal cordNeeds 7th char
  • S24.143Brown-Sequard syndrome at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cordNeeds 7th char
  • S24.149Brown-Sequard syndrome at unspecified level of thoracic spinal cordNeeds 7th char

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