S34.10

Unspecified injury to lumbar spinal cord

Requires 7th character

S34.10 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from S34)

  • 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) (from S34)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from S34)
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32) (from S34)
  • effects of foreign body in anus and rectum (T18.5) (from S34)
  • effects of foreign body in genitourinary tract (T19.-) (from S34)
  • effects of foreign body in stomach, small intestine and colon (T18.2-T18.4) (from S34)
  • frostbite (T33-T34) (from S34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) (from S34)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-) (from S34)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • any associated: (from S34)
  • fracture of vertebra (S22.0-, S32.0-) (from S34)
  • open wound of abdomen, lower back and pelvis (S31.-) (from S34)
  • transient paralysis (R29.5) (from S34)

7th character

This code requires a 7th character (defined at S34). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.

CharacterMeaning
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

Parent code

  • S34.1Other and unspecified injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cordNeeds 7th char

More specific codes S34.10

  • S34.101Unspecified injury to L1 level of lumbar spinal cordNeeds 7th char
  • S34.102Unspecified injury to L2 level of lumbar spinal cordNeeds 7th char
  • S34.103Unspecified injury to L3 level of lumbar spinal cordNeeds 7th char
  • S34.104Unspecified injury to L4 level of lumbar spinal cordNeeds 7th char
  • S34.105Unspecified injury to L5 level of lumbar spinal cordNeeds 7th char
  • S34.109Unspecified injury to unspecified level of lumbar spinal cordNeeds 7th char

Related codes

  • S34.11Complete lesion of lumbar spinal cordNeeds 7th char
  • S34.12Incomplete lesion of lumbar spinal cordNeeds 7th char
  • S34.13Other and unspecified injury to sacral spinal cordNeeds 7th char

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