S06.9X2
S06.9X2 — Unspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S06.9X2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes. 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
S06.9X2 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 S06.9X2
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S06.9X2AUnspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, initial encounter
- S06.9X2DUnspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, subsequent encounter
- S06.9X2SUnspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S06.9X. If S06.9X2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S06.9X0Unspecified intracranial injury without loss of consciousness
- S06.9X1Unspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.9X3Unspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.9X4Unspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.9X5Unspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.9X6Unspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.9X7Unspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.9X8Unspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.9XAUnspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness status unknown
- S06.9X9Unspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
Questions about S06.9X2
- Is S06.9X2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S06.9X2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S06.9X2 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).