Category: S24 - Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level
Chapter Notes
Section Notes
Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level
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 also any associated:
fracture of thoracic vertebra (S22.0-)
open wound of thorax (S21.-)
transient paralysis (R29.5)
injury of brachial plexus (S14.3)
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S24
A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela
Concussion and edema of thoracic spinal cord
Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cord
Unspecified injury of thoracic spinal cord
Unspecified injury at T1 level of thoracic spinal cord
Unspecified injury at T2-T6 level of thoracic spinal cord
Unspecified injury at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cord
Unspecified injury at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord
Unspecified injury at unspecified level of thoracic spinal cord
Injury of thoracic spinal cord NOS
Complete lesion of thoracic spinal cord
Complete lesion at T1 level of thoracic spinal cord
Complete lesion at T2-T6 level of thoracic spinal cord
Complete lesion at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cord
Complete lesion at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord
Complete lesion at unspecified level of thoracic spinal cord
Anterior cord syndrome of thoracic spinal cord
Anterior cord syndrome at T1 level of thoracic spinal cord
Anterior cord syndrome at T2-T6 level of thoracic spinal cord
Anterior cord syndrome at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cord
Anterior cord syndrome at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord
Anterior cord syndrome at unspecified level of thoracic spinal cord
Brown-Séquard syndrome of thoracic spinal cord
Brown-Séquard syndrome at T1 level of thoracic spinal cord
Brown-Séquard syndrome at T2-T6 level of thoracic spinal cord
Brown-Séquard syndrome at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cord
Brown-Séquard syndrome at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord
Brown-Séquard syndrome at unspecified level of thoracic spinal cord
Other incomplete lesions of thoracic spinal cord
Incomplete lesion of thoracic spinal cord NOS
Posterior cord syndrome of thoracic spinal cord
Other incomplete lesion at T1 level of thoracic spinal cord
Other incomplete lesion at T2-T6 level of thoracic spinal cord
Other incomplete lesion at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cord
Other incomplete lesion at T11-T12 level of thoracic spinal cord
Other incomplete lesion at unspecified level of thoracic spinal cord
Injury of nerve root of thoracic spine
Injury of peripheral nerves of thorax
Injury of thoracic sympathetic nervous system
Injury of cardiac plexus
Injury of esophageal plexus
Injury of pulmonary plexus
Injury of stellate ganglion
Injury of thoracic sympathetic ganglion
Injury of other specified nerves of thorax
Injury of unspecified nerve of thorax
