S06.30
S06.30: Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S06.30 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified focal traumatic brain injury. 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
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S06.30
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S06.30
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with S06.30
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G31.84Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology
- I69Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease
- I69.8Sequelae of other cerebrovascular diseases
- I69.9Sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular diseases
- P52Intracranial nontraumatic hemorrhage of newborn
- S09.0Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified
- S09.0XXAInjury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter
- S09.0XXDInjury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified, subsequent encounter
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S06.30
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- S06.300Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury without loss of consciousness
- S06.301Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.302Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.303Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.304Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.305Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.306Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.307Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.308Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.30AUnspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness status unknown
- S06.309Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
Other codes under S06.3
- S06.31Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum
- S06.32Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum
- S06.33Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified
- S06.34Traumatic hemorrhage of right cerebrum
- S06.35Traumatic hemorrhage of left cerebrum
- S06.36Traumatic hemorrhage of cerebrum, unspecified
- S06.37Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of cerebellum
- S06.38Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem