ICD-10-CM Code S24.14
Brown-Sequard syndrome of thoracic spinal cord
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 S24.14 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of S24.14 that describes the diagnosis 'brown-sequard syndrome of thoracic spinal cord' in more detail.
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
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S24.14 - Brown-Sequard syndrome of thoracic spinal cord'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S24.14. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S24.1 - Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cord