Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level - S24
Category 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.
Type 2 Excludes
injury of brachial plexus (S14.3)
Category codeAlso
any associated:
fracture of thoracic vertebra (S22.0-)
open wound of thorax (S21.-)
transient paralysis (R29.5)
Category SevenChr Note
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S24
Codes
S24.0 - Concussion and edema of thoracic spinal cord
S24.1 - Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cord
S24.10 - Unspecified injury of thoracic spinal cord
S24.101 - Unspecified injury at T1 level of thoracic spinal cord
S24.102 - Unspecified injury at T2-T6 level of thoracic spinal cord
S24.103 - Unspecified injury at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cord
S24.104 - Unspecified injury at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord
S24.109 - Unspecified injury at unspecified level of thoracic spinal cord