S06.321 — Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
S06.321 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less. 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with brief loss of consciousness
Risk adjustment
S06.321 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 S06.321
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S06.321AContusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, initial encounter
- S06.321DContusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, subsequent encounter
- S06.321SContusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S06.32. If S06.321 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S06.320Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum without loss of consciousness
- S06.322Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.323Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.324Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.325Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.326Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.327Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.328Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.32AContusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness status unknown
- S06.329Contusion and laceration of left cerebrum with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
Questions about S06.321
- Is S06.321 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S06.321 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S06.321 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).