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S06.32

Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum

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 11 more specific codes instead:

  • S06.320 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum without loss of consciousness (also a header)
  • S06.321 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less (also a header)
  • S06.322 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes (also a header)
  • S06.323 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes (also a header)
  • S06.324 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours (also a header)
  • S06.325 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level (also a header)
  • S06.326 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving (also a header)
  • S06.327 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness (also a header)
  • S06.328 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness (also a header)
  • S06.329 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration (also a header)
  • S06.32A Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness status unknown (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 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum

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.

Inherited from S06 Intracranial injury

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

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S06.30 Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury Not billable
S06.31 Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum Not billable
S06.33 Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified Not billable
S06.34 Traumatic hemorrhage of right cerebrum Not billable
S06.35 Traumatic hemorrhage of left cerebrum Not billable
S06.36 Traumatic hemorrhage of cerebrum, unspecified Not billable
S06.37 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of cerebellum Not billable
S06.38 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem Not billable