S06.A
S06.A: Traumatic brain compression and herniation
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S06.A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for traumatic brain compression and herniation. 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
Code first
The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Traumatic cerebral compression
- Traumatic midline shift of brain
Other codes that can never be billed with S06.A
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G31.84Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology
- G93.5Compression of brain
- 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
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S06.A
2 child codes. Green means billable.