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S06.380D

S06.380D: Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem without loss of consciousness, subsequent encounter

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

S06.380D is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem without loss of consciousness, subsequent encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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7th character "D": subsequent encounter

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 S06.380D

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on S06: Intracranial injury

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S06.380D

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S06.3: Focal traumatic brain injury

Other codes that can never be billed with S06.380D

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.

Medicare coverage

S06.380D is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy
  • A56537Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI)
  • A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
  • A56773Billing and Coding: Neurophysiology Evoked Potentials (NEPs)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under S06.380

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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