S06.8
S06.8: Other specified intracranial injuries
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S06.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified intracranial injuries. 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
Other codes that can never be billed with S06.8
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
- S06.0Concussion
- S06.9Unspecified intracranial injury
- S09.0Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S06.8
4 child codes. Green means billable.