S06.8A — Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified
S06.8A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified. 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
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- traumatic cerebral edema (S06.1)
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
- , if applicable, focal traumatic brain injury (S06.3-)
Risk adjustment
S06.8A 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 S06.8A
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- S06.8A0Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified without loss of consciousness
- S06.8A1Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.8A2Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.8A3Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.8A4Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.8A5Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.8A6Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.8A7Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.8A8Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.8AAPrimary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness status unknown
- S06.8A9Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S06.8. If S06.8A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S06.8A
- Is S06.8A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S06.8A is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S06.8A 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).