S06 Non-Billable Code
Intracranial injury
Chapter Classification
Chapter 19
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section Detail
S00-S09
Injuries to the head (S00-S09)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
codeAlso
- any associated:
- open wound of head (S01.-)
- skull fracture (S02.-)
includes
- traumatic brain injury
excludes1
- head injury NOS (S09.90)
sevenChrDef
- {'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
- {'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
- {'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}
sevenChrNote
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S06, except as noted below
useAdditionalCode
- code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- S06.0 - Concussion
- S06.1 - Traumatic cerebral edema
- S06.2 - Diffuse traumatic brain injury
- S06.3 - Focal traumatic brain injury
- S06.4 - Epidural hemorrhage
- S06.5 - Traumatic subdural hemorrhage
- S06.6 - Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
- S06.8 - Other specified intracranial injuries
- S06.9 - Unspecified intracranial injury
- S06.A - Traumatic brain compression and herniation
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