S34.139

Unspecified injury to sacral spinal cord

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Inclusion terms

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.

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)

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