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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S24.9XXA
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S24.9XXA
Injury of unspecified nerve of thorax, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- S24.9XXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM S24.9XXA became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S24.9XXA - other international versions of ICD-10 S24.9XXA may differ.
The following code(s) above
S24.9XXA contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
S24.9XXA:
- S00-T88
2023 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- S20-S29
2023 ICD-10-CM Range S20-S29
Injuries to the thoraxIncludes- injuries of breast
- injuries of chest (wall)
- injuries of interscapular area
Type 2 Excludes- 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)
- S24
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S24
Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code Also- any associated:
- fracture of thoracic vertebra (S22.0-)
- open wound of thorax (S21.-)
- transient paralysis (R29.5)
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.
Type 2 Excludes- injury of brachial plexus (S14.3)
- Nerve injury of thorax
- Nerve injury, thorax
ICD-10-CM S24.9XXA is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
- 073 Cranial and peripheral nerve disorders with mcc
- 074 Cranial and peripheral nerve disorders without mcc
- 963 Other multiple significant trauma with mcc
- 964 Other multiple significant trauma with cc
- 965 Other multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
Convert S24.9XXA to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S24.9XXA
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
S24.9XXA
…… initial encounter
S25 Injury of blood vessels of thorax
S25.0 Injury of thoracic aorta
S25.00 Unspecified injury of thoracic aorta
S25.01 Minor laceration of thoracic aorta
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
