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
  • S24.11 - Complete lesion of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.111 - Complete lesion at T1 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.112 - Complete lesion at T2-T6 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.113 - Complete lesion at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.114 - Complete lesion at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.119 - Complete lesion at unspecified level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.13 - Anterior cord syndrome of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.131 - Anterior cord syndrome at T1 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.132 - Anterior cord syndrome at T2-T6 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.133 - Anterior cord syndrome at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.134 - Anterior cord syndrome at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.139 - Anterior cord syndrome at unspecified level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.14 - Brown-Séquard syndrome of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.141 - Brown-Séquard syndrome at T1 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.142 - Brown-Séquard syndrome at T2-T6 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.143 - Brown-Séquard syndrome at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.144 - Brown-Séquard syndrome at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.149 - Brown-Séquard syndrome at unspecified level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.15 - Other incomplete lesions of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.151 - Other incomplete lesion at T1 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.152 - Other incomplete lesion at T2-T6 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.153 - Other incomplete lesion at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.154 - Other incomplete lesion at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.159 - Other incomplete lesion at unspecified level of thoracic spinal cord
  • S24.2 - Injury of nerve root of thoracic spine
  • S24.3 - Injury of peripheral nerves of thorax
  • S24.4 - Injury of thoracic sympathetic nervous system
  • S24.8 - Injury of other specified nerves of thorax
  • S24.9 - Injury of unspecified nerve of thorax