S06.38A — Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness status unknown
S06.38A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness status unknown. 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, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem NOS
Risk adjustment
S06.38A 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 S06.38A
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S06.38AAContusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness status unknown, initial encounter
- S06.38ADContusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness status unknown, subsequent encounter
- S06.38ASContusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness status unknown, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S06.38. If S06.38A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S06.380Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem without loss of consciousness
- S06.381Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.382Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.383Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.384Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.385Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.386Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.387Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.388Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.389Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
Questions about S06.38A
- Is S06.38A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S06.38A is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S06.38A 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).