ICD-10-CM Code S24
Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S24 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of S24 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level' in more detail.
- S24 Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level NON-BILLABLE
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- S24.10 Unspecified injury of thoracic spinal cord NON-BILLABLE
- S24.11 Complete lesion of thoracic spinal cord NON-BILLABLE
- S24.13 Anterior cord syndrome of thoracic spinal cord NON-BILLABLE
- S24.14 Brown-Sequard syndrome of thoracic spinal cord NON-BILLABLE
- S24.15 Other incomplete lesions of thoracic spinal cord NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code S24 is used to code Chest injury
A chest injury is any form of physical injury to the chest including the ribs, heart and lungs. Chest injuries account for 25% of all deaths from traumatic injury. Typically chest injuries are caused by blunt mechanisms such as motor vehicle collisions or penetrating mechanisms such as stabbings.
| Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
| MeSH Code: | D013898 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 959.11 |
A chest X-ray of a right sided pulmonary contusion associated with flail chest and subcutaneous emphysema
Coding Notes for S24 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
- Code Notes:
- 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.code S24.0
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Code Also Note:
Code Also
A Code Also note indicates that two or more codes may be required to fully describe a condition, but the order of codes is at the coder's discretion. Code order depends on the severity of the conditions and the reason for the encounter. - Any associated:
- Fracture of thoracic vertebra See code S22.0-
- Open wound of thorax See code S21.-
- Transient paralysis See code R29.5
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Injury of brachial plexus - instead, use code S14.3
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7th Character Extension Notes:
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info - The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code S24
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S24 - Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S24. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.