ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S06.6

traumatic brain injury

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S06

code, if applicable, for traumatic brain compression or herniation (S06.A-)

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)

any associated:

open wound of head (S01.-)

skull fracture (S02.-)

birth trauma (P10-P15)

obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

head injury NOS (S09.90)

Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code

The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

7th characters D and S do not apply to codes in category S06 with 6th character 7-death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness, or 8-death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness.