kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

S06.A

Traumatic brain compression and herniation

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • S00-S09 Injuries to the head (S00-S09)
      • S06 Intracranial injury
        • S06.A Traumatic brain compression and herniation
          • S06.A0 Traumatic brain compression without herniation
          • S06.A1 Traumatic brain compression with herniation

Notes

S06

  • 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.

S00-T88

  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Inclusion Terms

S06.A

  • Traumatic cerebral compression

Code First

S06.A

  • the underlying traumatic brain injury, such as:
  • S06.2 Diffuse traumatic brain injury
  • S06.3 Focal traumatic brain injury
  • S06.5 Traumatic subdural hemorrhage
  • S06.6 Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Code Also

S06

  • any associated:
  • S01 Open wound of head
  • skull fracture (S02.-)
    • S02 Fracture of skull and facial bones

S00-S09

  • for any associated infection

Use Additional

S06

  • code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)
    • F06.7 Mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Includes

S06

  • traumatic brain injury

S00-S09

  • 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

Excludes 1

S06

  • head injury NOS (S09.90)
    • S09.90 Unspecified injury of head

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S00-S09

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