S06

Intracranial injury

Non-billableCategory

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

Section: S00-S09 - Injuries to the head

7th Character Required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S06, except as noted below

A - initial encounter

D - subsequent encounter

S - sequela

Coding Guidelines

Includes

traumatic brain injury

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with S06

S09.90 - head injury NOS (S09.90)

Use Additional Code

code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)

Code Also

any associated:
open wound of head (S01.-)
skull fracture (S02.-)

Notes

7th characters D and S do not apply to codes in category S06 with 6th character 7 - death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness, or 8 - death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness.

Specific Codes (10)

S06.0Category

Concussion

S06.1Category

Traumatic cerebral edema

S06.2Category

Diffuse traumatic brain injury

S06.3Category

Focal traumatic brain injury

S06.4Category

Epidural hemorrhage

S06.5Category

Traumatic subdural hemorrhage

S06.6Category

Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

S06.8Category

Other specified intracranial injuries

S06.9Category

Unspecified intracranial injury

S06.ACategory

Traumatic brain compression and herniation

S06