S24.3XXA
Billable

Injury of peripheral nerves of thorax (initial encounter)

Extension type: Initial encounter

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Billable Code

S24.3XXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Parent Codes Referenced:

S00-T88(Chapter 19)S24(Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level)S24.3(Injury of peripheral nerves of thorax)

Excludes1

2 items

From S00-T88:

•
birth trauma (P10-P15)
•
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes2

1 item

From S24:

•
injury of brachial plexus (S14.3)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

•
code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

Notes

2 items

From S24:

•
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.

7th Character Notes

4 items

From S24:

•
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S24
•
A: initial encounter
•
D: subsequent encounter
•
S: sequela

S24.3XXA
Billable

Injury of peripheral nerves of thorax (initial encounter)

Billable Code

Additional Information from Parent Codes

Parent Codes Referenced:

Excludes1

From S00-T88:

Excludes2

From S24:

Use Additional Code

From S00-T88:

Notes

From S24:

7th Character Notes

From S24:

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S24.3XXABillable

Injury of peripheral nerves of thorax (initial encounter)

Billable Code

Additional Information from Parent Codes

Parent Codes Referenced:

Excludes1

From S00-T88:

Excludes2

From S24:

Use Additional Code

From S00-T88:

Notes

From S24:

7th Character Notes

From S24:

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S24.3XXA
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