S34.119Complete lesion of unspecified level of lumbar spinal cord

S34.119 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for complete lesion of unspecified level of lumbar spinal cord. It belongs to category S34 (injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord and nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level), block S30-S39 (injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S34.11, choose S34.119 (unspecified level of lumbar spinal cord) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: L1 level of lumbar spinal cord (S34.111), L2 level of lumbar spinal cord (S34.112), L3 level of lumbar spinal cord (S34.113), L4 level of lumbar spinal cord (S34.114) and L5 level of lumbar spinal cord (S34.115).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.