S06.4
S06.4 — Epidural hemorrhage
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S06.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for epidural hemorrhage. 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.
- Extradural hemorrhage NOS
- Extradural hemorrhage (traumatic)
Risk adjustment
S06.4 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 S06.4
1 child code. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S06. If S06.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S06.0Concussion
- S06.1Traumatic cerebral edema
- S06.2Diffuse traumatic brain injury
- S06.3Focal traumatic brain injury
- S06.5Traumatic subdural hemorrhage
- S06.6Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
- S06.8Other specified intracranial injuries
- S06.9Unspecified intracranial injury
- S06.ATraumatic brain compression and herniation
Questions about S06.4
- Is S06.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S06.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S06.4 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).