S24
Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Excludes2
injury of brachial plexus ( S14.3 )
Code Also
any associated:
Code Also
fracture of thoracic vertebra ( S22.0- )
Code Also
open wound of thorax ( S21 .-)
Code Also
transient paralysis ( R29.5 )
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S24
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
Note
Code to highest level of thoracic spinal cord injury
Note
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.
More Specific Codes
7 codes under S24
- S24.0 Concussion and edema of thoracic spinal cord Has subcodes
- S24.1 Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cord Has subcodes
- S24.2 Injury of nerve root of thoracic spine Has subcodes
- S24.3 Injury of peripheral nerves of thorax Has subcodes
- S24.4 Injury of thoracic sympathetic nervous system Has subcodes
- S24.8 Injury of other specified nerves of thorax Has subcodes
- S24.9 Injury of unspecified nerve of thorax Has subcodes
Version History
How S24 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentInjury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedInjury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level
Related Codes
Codes whose official notes reference S24
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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