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S06.822D

S06.822D: Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, subsequent encounter

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exemptleft

S06.822D is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, subsequent encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check S06.822D with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

7th 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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S06.822D

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on S06: Intracranial injury

Other codes that can never be billed with S06.822D

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

S06.822D is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 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.

Other codes under S06.822

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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