S06.334
S06.334 — Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S06.334 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours. 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
S06.334 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 S06.334
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S06.334AContusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours, initial encounter
- S06.334DContusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours, subsequent encounter
- S06.334SContusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S06.33. If S06.334 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S06.330Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, without loss of consciousness
- S06.331Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.332Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.333Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.335Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.336Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.337Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.338Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.33AContusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness status unknown
- S06.339Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
Questions about S06.334
- Is S06.334 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S06.334 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S06.334 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).