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S34.10: Complete traumatic injury of lumbar spinal cord

You have injured the lower part of your spinal cord.

The spinal cord is located in the spinal column. The spinal cord is made up of nerve fibers. The brain uses the nerve fibers to exchange information with the organs, skin and muscles. The spinal cord extends from the cervical spine to the upper area of the lumbar spine. The lower part of the spinal cord is divided into several small sections.

Symptoms may occur in different parts of the body, depending on which section of the spinal cord is injured. The spinal cord may be completely or partly damaged at the level of any section. The lower part of your spinal cord is completely damaged at a specific level. If the entire spinal cord is injured at a specific level, the spinal cord below the injury is then no longer able to carry out its function. The brain is then no longer able to share information with parts of the body below the injury. As a result, you may no longer be able to move your legs properly, for example. You may no longer feel touch, heat or pain in the parts of the body affected. Certain bodily functions, such as passing water and emptying your bowels, may also be affected.

Additional indicator

On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.

  • G: Confirmed diagnosis
  • V: Tentative diagnosis
  • Z: Condition after
  • A: Excluded diagnosis
  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.
Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).