S34.3
Billable codeInjury of cauda equina
The ICD-10 code for injury of cauda equina is S34.3.
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- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- S34.0Concussion and edema of lumbar and sacral spinal cordnon-billable header
- S34.1Other and unspecified injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cordnon-billable header
- S34.2Injury of nerve root of lumbar and sacral spinenon-billable header
- S34.4Injury of lumbosacral plexus
- S34.5Injury of lumbar, sacral and pelvic sympathetic nerves
- S34.6Injury of peripheral nerve(s) at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level
- S34.8Injury of other nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level
- S34.9Injury of unspecified nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level
- S34.3Injury of cauda equina