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S06

Intracranial injury

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • S06.0 Concussion (also a header)
  • S06.1 Traumatic cerebral edema (also a header)
  • S06.2 Diffuse traumatic brain injury (also a header)
  • S06.3 Focal traumatic brain injury (also a header)
  • S06.4 Epidural hemorrhage (also a header)
  • S06.5 Traumatic subdural hemorrhage (also a header)
  • S06.6 Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (also a header)
  • S06.8 Other specified intracranial injuries (also a header)
  • S06.9 Unspecified intracranial injury (also a header)
  • S06.A Traumatic brain compression and herniation (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Intracranial injury

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Seventh character required

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

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • 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.-)

Includes

  • traumatic brain injury

Note

  • 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.

Inherited from the S00-S09 section Injuries to the head (S00-S09)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • effects of foreign body in ear (T16)
  • effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
  • effects of foreign body in mouth NOS (T18.0)
  • effects of foreign body in nose (T17.0-T17.1)
  • effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
  • effects of foreign body on external eye (T15.-)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

Code also

  • for any associated infection

Includes

  • injuries of ear
  • injuries of eye
  • injuries of face [any part]
  • injuries of gum
  • injuries of jaw
  • injuries of oral cavity
  • injuries of palate
  • injuries of periocular area
  • injuries of scalp
  • injuries of temporomandibular joint area
  • injuries of tongue
  • injuries of tooth