S06

Non-billableSave

Intracranial injury

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

S06 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (10)

S06.0ConcussionCategory→S06.1Traumatic cerebral edemaCategory→S06.2Diffuse traumatic brain injuryCategory→S06.3Focal traumatic brain injuryCategory→S06.4Epidural hemorrhageCategory→S06.5Traumatic subdural hemorrhageCategory→S06.6Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhageCategory→S06.8Other specified intracranial injuriesCategory→S06.9Unspecified intracranial injuryCategory→S06.ATraumatic brain compression and herniationCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S06

Concussion

S06.0›

Traumatic cerebral edema

S06.1›

Diffuse traumatic brain injury

S06.2›

Focal traumatic brain injury

S06.3›

Epidural hemorrhage

S06.4›

Traumatic subdural hemorrhage

S06.5›

Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

S06.6›

Other specified intracranial injuries

S06.8›

Unspecified intracranial injury

S06.9›

Traumatic brain compression and herniation

S06.A›

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