S06.312
S06.312 — Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
S06.312 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes. 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
S06.312 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 S06.312
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S06.312AContusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, initial encounter
- S06.312DContusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, subsequent encounter
- S06.312SContusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S06.31. If S06.312 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S06.310Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum without loss of consciousness
- S06.311Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.313Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.314Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.315Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.316Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.317Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.318Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.31AContusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness status unknown
- S06.319Contusion and laceration of right cerebrum with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
Questions about S06.312
- Is S06.312 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S06.312 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S06.312 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).