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S34.6

Injury of peripheral nerve(s) at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • S34.6XXA Injury of peripheral nerve(s) at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level, initial encounter
  • S34.6XXD Injury of peripheral nerve(s) at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level, subsequent encounter
  • S34.6XXS Injury of peripheral nerve(s) at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Injury of peripheral nerve(s) at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S34.0 Concussion and edema of lumbar and sacral spinal cord Not billable
S34.1 Other and unspecified injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord Not billable
S34.2 Injury of nerve root of lumbar and sacral spine Not billable
S34.3 Injury of cauda equina Not billable
S34.4 Injury of lumbosacral plexus Not billable
S34.5 Injury of lumbar, sacral and pelvic sympathetic nerves Not billable
S34.8 Injury of other nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level Not billable
S34.9 Injury of unspecified nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level Not billable