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S34.4: Injury of lumbosacral plexus

You have damaged the network of nerves in the area between your lumbar spine and your pelvis.

The spine contains the spinal cord. The spinal cord is made up of nerve fibers. To the side of the spine, the nerve fibers emerge from the spinal cord and form nerves. Nerves are a sort of wiring in the body. Nerves conduct information. The nerves use electrical impulses to do this. Nerves are important, for instance, in enabling you to sense contacts and temperatures, and to move your muscles.

The lumbar spine consists of 5 vertebrae and it is located between the thoracic spine and the pelvis. Beneath the lumbar spine is the sacrum. The sacrum consists of fused vertebrae and it is connected to the pelvis.

To the side of the lumbar spine and at the sacrum, nerves emerge to serve the lower half of the body. Together, the nerves in the area between your lumbar spine and your pelvis form a network. When the network of nerves between the lumbar spine and the pelvis is damaged, there can be a variety of symptoms. You may no longer be able to move certain muscles in your leg or buttocks properly, for example. You may also have less sensation in some parts of your behind or your leg.

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).