Includes:

  • injuries of breast
  • injuries of chest (wall)
  • injuries of interscapular area

Excludes2

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • effects of foreign body in bronchus (T17.5)
  • effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
  • effects of foreign body in lung (T17.8)
  • effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • injuries of axilla
  • injuries of clavicle
  • injuries of scapular region
  • injuries of shoulder
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
  1. S24 Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level

    Note: 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.

    Excludes2

    • 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
    1. S24.0 Concussion and edema of thoracic spinal cord

    2. S24.1 Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cord

      1. 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

          Inclusion term(s):

          • Injury of thoracic spinal cord NOS
      2. 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
      3. 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
      4. 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
      5. S24.15 Other incomplete lesions of thoracic spinal cord

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Incomplete lesion of thoracic spinal cord NOS
        • Posterior cord syndrome 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
    3. S24.2 Injury of nerve root of thoracic spine

    4. S24.3 Injury of peripheral nerves of thorax

    5. S24.4 Injury of thoracic sympathetic nervous system

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Injury of cardiac plexus
      • Injury of esophageal plexus
      • Injury of pulmonary plexus
      • Injury of stellate ganglion
      • Injury of thoracic sympathetic ganglion
    6. S24.8 Injury of other specified nerves of thorax

    7. S24.9 Injury of unspecified nerve of thorax

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.