S34.21

Non-billable

Injury of nerve root of lumbar spine

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

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 (5)

S34.2Injury of nerve root of lumbar and sacral spineCategory→S34.22Injury of nerve root of sacral spineCategory→S34.21XAInjury of nerve root of lumbar spine (initial encounter)Billable→S34.21XDInjury of nerve root of lumbar spine (subsequent encounter)Billable→S34.21XSInjury of nerve root of lumbar spine (sequela)Billable→

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 S34.21

Injury of nerve root of lumbar and sacral spine

Injury of nerve root of sacral spine

Injury of nerve root of lumbar spine (initial encounter)

Injury of nerve root of lumbar spine (subsequent encounter)

Injury of nerve root of lumbar spine (sequela)