S06.8AAD — Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness status unknown, subsequent encounter
S06.8AAD is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness status unknown, subsequent encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Primary blast injury of brain NOS
Risk adjustment
S06.8AAD 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.
Medicare coverage
S06.8AAD is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies — 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
- A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy
- A56537Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S06.8AA. If S06.8AAD is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S06.8AAD
- Is S06.8AAD a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. S06.8AAD is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does S06.8AAD 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).