S34

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Injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord and nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level

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

Coding Guidance

S34 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

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

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

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

More Specific Codes (9)

S34.0Concussion and edema of lumbar and sacral spinal cordCategory→S34.1Other and unspecified injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cordCategory→S34.2Injury of nerve root of lumbar and sacral spineCategory→S34.3Injury of cauda equinaCategory→S34.4Injury of lumbosacral plexusCategory→S34.5Injury of lumbar, sacral and pelvic sympathetic nervesCategory→S34.6Injury of peripheral nerve(s) at abdomen, lower back and pelvis levelCategory→S34.8Injury of other nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis levelCategory→S34.9Injury of unspecified nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis levelCategory→

Chapter Information

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

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S34

Concussion and edema of lumbar and sacral spinal cord

S34.0›

Other and unspecified injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord

S34.1›

Injury of nerve root of lumbar and sacral spine

S34.2›

Injury of cauda equina

S34.3›

Injury of lumbosacral plexus

S34.4›

Injury of lumbar, sacral and pelvic sympathetic nerves

S34.5›

Injury of peripheral nerve(s) at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level

S34.6›

Injury of other nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level

S34.8›

Injury of unspecified nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level

S34.9›

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