S06.6XA — Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with loss of consciousness status unknown
S06.6XA is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage 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.
- Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage NOS
Risk adjustment
S06.6XA 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 S06.6XA
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S06.6X. If S06.6XA is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S06.6X0Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage without loss of consciousness
- S06.6X1Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.6X2Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.6X3Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.6X4Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.6X5Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.6X6Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.6X7Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.6X8Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.6X9Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
Questions about S06.6XA
- Is S06.6XA a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S06.6XA is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S06.6XA 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).