S34.103 Unspecified injury to L3 level of lumbar spinal cord

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Unspecified injury to lumbar spinal cord level 3

Applies from S34 Injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord and nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level

Code also

• any associated:
• fracture of vertebra (S22.0-, S32.0-)
• open wound of abdomen, lower back and pelvis (S31.-)
• transient paralysis (R29.5)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S34

Notes

• 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.

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Code annotations containing back-references to S34.103

Back-references to S34.1

• Code First: R29.5 Transient paralysis ("any associated spinal cord injury (S14.0, S14.1-, S24.0, S24.1-, S34.0-, S34.1-)")
• Code Also: S31 Open wound of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals ("spinal cord injury (S24.0, S24.1-, S34.0-, S34.1-)")
• Code Also: S33.1 Subluxation and dislocation of lumbar vertebra ("spinal cord injury (S24.0, S24.1-, S34.0-, S34.1-)")
• Use Additional: S38.1 Crushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis ("spinal cord injury (S34.0, S34.1-)")

Back-references to S34

• Type 1 Excludes: G83.8 Other specified paralytic syndromes ("paralytic syndromes due to current spinal cord injury-code to spinal cord injury (S14, S24, S34)")
• Code First: S32 Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis ("any associated spinal cord and spinal nerve injury (S34.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S34.103

• Injury › spinal (cord) › lumbar › L3 level

Nearby codes

• S34.101S Unspecified injury to L1 level of lumbar spinal cord, sequela
• S34.102 Unspecified injury to L2 level of lumbar spinal cord
• S34.102A Unspecified injury to L2 level of lumbar spinal cord, initial encounter
• S34.102D Unspecified injury to L2 level of lumbar spinal cord, subsequent encounter
• S34.102S Unspecified injury to L2 level of lumbar spinal cord, sequela
• S34.103 Unspecified injury to L3 level of lumbar spinal cord (this code)
• S34.103A Unspecified injury to L3 level of lumbar spinal cord, initial encounter
• S34.103D Unspecified injury to L3 level of lumbar spinal cord, subsequent encounter
• S34.103S Unspecified injury to L3 level of lumbar spinal cord, sequela
• S34.104 Unspecified injury to L4 level of lumbar spinal cord
• S34.104A Unspecified injury to L4 level of lumbar spinal cord, initial encounter