S06.5X1D
S06.5X1D: Traumatic subdural hemorrhage with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, subsequent encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
S06.5X1D is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for traumatic subdural hemorrhage with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, subsequent encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check S06.5X1D with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Traumatic subdural hemorrhage with brief loss of consciousness
Other codes that can never be billed with S06.5X1D
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
S06.5X1D is named in 12 Medicare coverage policies: 12 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
- A56631Billing and Coding: Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.