ICD-10-CM Code S34
Injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord and nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S34 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the nine child codes of S34 that describes the diagnosis 'inj lower spinl cord and nrv at abd, low back and pelv level' in more detail.
- S34 Injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord and nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level NON-BILLABLE
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- S34.01 Concussion and edema of lumbar spinal cord NON-BILLABLE
- S34.02 Concussion and edema of sacral spinal cord NON-BILLABLE
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- S34.10 Unspecified injury to lumbar spinal cord NON-BILLABLE
- S34.11 Complete lesion of lumbar spinal cord NON-BILLABLE
- S34.12 Incomplete lesion of lumbar spinal cord NON-BILLABLE
- S34.13 Other and unspecified injury to sacral spinal cord NON-BILLABLE
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- S34.21 Injury of nerve root of lumbar spine NON-BILLABLE
- S34.22 Injury of nerve root of sacral spine NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code S34 is used to code Abdominal trauma
Abdominal trauma is an injury to the abdomen. It may be blunt or penetrating and may involve damage to the abdominal organs. Signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, tenderness, rigidity, and bruising of the external abdomen. Abdominal trauma presents a risk of severe blood loss and infection. Diagnosis may involve ultrasonography, computed tomography, and peritoneal lavage, and treatment may involve surgery. Injury to the lower chest may cause splenic or liver injuries.
| Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
| MeSH Code: | D000007 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 868 |
Abdominal trauma resulting in a right kidney contusion (open arrow) and blood surrounding the kidney (closed arrow) as seen on CT.
Coding Notes for S34 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
- Code Notes:
- Code to highest level of lumbar cord injury
- 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.code S34.0
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Code Also Note:
Code Also
A Code Also note indicates that two or more codes may be required to fully describe a condition, but the order of codes is at the coder's discretion. Code order depends on the severity of the conditions and the reason for the encounter. - Any associated:
- Fracture of vertebra (S22.0-, S32.0-) See code S22.0-
- Open wound of abdomen, lower back and pelvis See code S31.-
- Transient paralysis See code R29.5
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7th Character Extension Notes:
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info - The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code S34
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S34 - Injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord and nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level'
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