Injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord and nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level
Requires 7th character
S34 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- injuries to the abdominal wall
- injuries to the anus
- injuries to the buttock
- injuries to the external genitalia
- injuries to the flank
- injuries to the groin
- Note: 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
- Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
- Note: Code to highest level of lumbar cord injury
- Note: Injuries to the spinal cord (S34.0 and S34.1) refer to the cord level and not bone level injury, and can affect nerve roots at and below the level given.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- effects of foreign body in anus and rectum (T18.5)
- effects of foreign body in genitourinary tract (T19.-)
- effects of foreign body in stomach, small intestine and colon (T18.2-T18.4)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
7th character
This code requires a 7th character. Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
More specific codes S34
- S34.0Concussion and edema of lumbar and sacral spinal cordNeeds 7th char
- S34.1Other and unspecified injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cordNeeds 7th char
- S34.2Injury of nerve root of lumbar and sacral spineNeeds 7th char
- S34.3Injury of cauda equinaNeeds 7th char
- S34.4Injury of lumbosacral plexusNeeds 7th char
- S34.5Injury of lumbar, sacral and pelvic sympathetic nervesNeeds 7th char
- S34.6Injury of peripheral nerve(s) at abdomen, lower back and pelvis levelNeeds 7th char
- S34.8Injury of other nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis levelNeeds 7th char
- S34.9Injury of unspecified nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis levelNeeds 7th char
Related codes
- S30Superficial injury of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitalsNeeds 7th char
- S31Open wound of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitalsNeeds 7th char
- S32Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvisNeeds 7th char
- S33Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of lumbar spine and pelvisNeeds 7th char
- S35Injury of blood vessels at abdomen, lower back and pelvis levelNeeds 7th char
- S36Injury of intra-abdominal organsNeeds 7th char
- S37Injury of urinary and pelvic organsNeeds 7th char
- S38Crushing injury and traumatic amputation of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitalsNeeds 7th char
- S39Other and unspecified injuries of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitalsNeeds 7th char