S06.89A
S06.89A — Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness status unknown
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S06.89A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified intracranial injury 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
Risk adjustment
S06.89A 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 S06.89A
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S06.89AAOther specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness status unknown, initial encounter
- S06.89ADOther specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness status unknown, subsequent encounter
- S06.89ASOther specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness status unknown, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S06.89. If S06.89A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S06.890Other specified intracranial injury without loss of consciousness
- S06.891Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.892Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.893Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.894Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.895Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.896Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.897Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.898Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.899Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
Questions about S06.89A
- Is S06.89A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S06.89A is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S06.89A 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).