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ICD-10-CM Code S24.15
Other incomplete lesions of thoracic spinal cord

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code S24.15 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of S24.15 that describes the diagnosis 'other incomplete lesions 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

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Coding Notes for S24.15 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive.
Incomplete lesion of thoracic spinal cord NOS
Posterior cord syndrome of thoracic spinal cord

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S24.15 - Other incomplete lesions of thoracic spinal cord'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S24.15. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.


Parent Code: S24.1 - Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cord

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