S34.10
S34.10 — Unspecified injury to lumbar spinal cord
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S34.10 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified injury to lumbar spinal cord. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S34
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S34.10 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead S34.10
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S34.101Unspecified injury to L1 level of lumbar spinal cord
- S34.102Unspecified injury to L2 level of lumbar spinal cord
- S34.103Unspecified injury to L3 level of lumbar spinal cord
- S34.104Unspecified injury to L4 level of lumbar spinal cord
- S34.105Unspecified injury to L5 level of lumbar spinal cord
- S34.109Unspecified injury to unspecified level of lumbar spinal cord
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S34.1. If S34.10 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S34.10
- Is S34.10 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S34.10 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S34.10 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals (S30-S39).