ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S30-S39 › S34.114 Complete lesion of L4 level of... › S34.114D
Complete lesion of L4 level of lumbar spinal cord, subsequent encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Complete lesion of L4 level of lumbar spinal cord, subsequent encounter
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from S34 Injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord and nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S34
Code also
- any associated:
- fracture of vertebra (S22.0-, S32.0-)
- open wound of abdomen, lower back and pelvis (S31.-)
- transient paralysis (R29.5)
Note
- 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.
Inherited from the S30-S39 section Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals (S30-S39)
Excludes2 - not included here
- 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)
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
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Axonotmesis
- Neurapraxia
- Nerve > injury
- Avulsion > nerve
- Division > nerve
- Contusion > nerve
- Stretching, nerve
- Laceration > nerve
- Section > nerve, traumatic
- Compression > nerve > traumatic
- Crush, crushed, crushing > nerve
- Injury > nerve NEC > lumbar spinal
- Injury > nerve NEC > arm > cutaneous
- Paralysis, paralytic > traumatic, transient NEC
- Paralysis, paralytic > transient > traumatic NEC
- Injury > spinal > lumbar > complete lesion > L4 level
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S34.114A | Complete lesion of L4 level of lumbar spinal cord, initial encounter | Valid |
| S34.114S | Complete lesion of L4 level of lumbar spinal cord, sequela | Valid |