S34.21
S34.21: Injury of nerve root of lumbar spine
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S34.21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of nerve root of lumbar spine. 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
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Injury›nerve NEC›lumbar spinal›root
- Injury›spinal›nerve root NEC›lumbar
- Injury›nerve NEC›spinal›root›lumbar
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S34.21
3 child codes. Green means billable.