Is S34.105 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S34.105 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S34.105 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).

S34.105

S34.105 — Unspecified injury to L5 level of lumbar spinal cord

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S34.105 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified injury to l5 level of 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

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Unspecified injury to lumbar spinal cord level 5

Risk adjustment

S34.105 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.

How S34.105 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S34.105.

Injury›spinal›lumbar›L5 level

Code to one of these instead S34.105

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S34.10. If S34.105 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S34.105

Is S34.105 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S34.105 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S34.105 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).