S06.38
Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Hierarchy
Where S06.38 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.
- S06 Intracranial injury
- S06.3 Parent Focal traumatic brain injury
- S06.38 This code Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.
Excludes2
any condition classifiable to S06.4-S06.6
Inherited from S06.3 — Focal traumatic brain injury
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S06, except as noted below
Inherited from S06 — Intracranial injury
More Specific Codes
11 codes under S06.38
- S06.380 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem without loss of consciousness Has subcodes
- S06.381 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less Has subcodes
- S06.382 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes Has subcodes
- S06.383 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes Has subcodes
- S06.384 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours Has subcodes
- S06.385 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level Has subcodes
- S06.386 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving Has subcodes
- S06.387 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness Has subcodes
- S06.388 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness Has subcodes
- S06.38A Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness status unknown Has subcodes
- S06.389 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration Has subcodes
Version History
How S06.38 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentContusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedContusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem
Related Codes
Other codes under S06.3
- S06.30 Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury
- S06.31 Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum
- S06.32 Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum
- S06.33 Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified
- S06.34 Traumatic hemorrhage of right cerebrum
- S06.35 Traumatic hemorrhage of left cerebrum
- S06.36 Traumatic hemorrhage of cerebrum, unspecified
- S06.37 Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of cerebellum
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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