S06 — Intracranial injury
Part of Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes , block Injuries to the head (S00-S09) .
Official Notes
Includes
traumatic brain injury
Code Also
any associated:
Code Also
open wound of head ( S01 .-)
Code Also
skull fracture ( S02 .-)
Use Additional Code
code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition ( F06.7- )
Excludes1
head injury NOS ( S09.90 )
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S06, except as noted below
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
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.
Child Codes
- S06.0 Concussion Has subcodes
- S06.1 Traumatic cerebral edema Has subcodes
- S06.2 Diffuse traumatic brain injury Has subcodes
- S06.3 Focal traumatic brain injury Has subcodes
- S06.4 Epidural hemorrhage Has subcodes
- S06.5 Traumatic subdural hemorrhage Has subcodes
- S06.6 Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage Has subcodes
- S06.8 Other specified intracranial injuries Has subcodes
- S06.9 Unspecified intracranial injury Has subcodes
- S06.A Traumatic brain compression and herniation Has subcodes
Referenced By
Official notes on these codes cite S06.
- F02 Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere
- F06.7 Mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition
- F48.2 Pseudobulbar affect Billable
- G31.84 Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology Billable
- I69 Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease
- I69.8 Sequelae of other cerebrovascular diseases
- I69.9 Sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular diseases
- P52 Intracranial nontraumatic hemorrhage of newborn
- R40.2 Coma
- S01 Open wound of head
- S02 Fracture of skull and facial bones
- S04 Injury of cranial nerve
- S07 Crushing injury of head
- S09.0 Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified
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