S06.2X9
S06.2X9 — Diffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S06.2X9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for diffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S06, except as noted below
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S06.2X9 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead S06.2X9
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S06.2X9ADiffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration, initial encounter
- S06.2X9DDiffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration, subsequent encounter
- S06.2X9SDiffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S06.2X. If S06.2X9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S06.2X0Diffuse traumatic brain injury without loss of consciousness
- S06.2X1Diffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.2X2Diffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.2X3Diffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.2X4Diffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.2X5Diffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious levels
- S06.2X6Diffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.2X7Diffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.2X8Diffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.2XADiffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness status unknown
Questions about S06.2X9
- Is S06.2X9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S06.2X9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S06.2X9 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the head (S00-S09).