Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM
S06.898 Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
This code needs a 7th character (use X as a placeholder for missing characters).
7th character codes
- S06.898A Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness, initial encounter
Instructional notes
Chapter 19
Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
Use additional codeAdd a second code for the full picture.
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Notes
- 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.
Section S00-S09
Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- effects of foreign body in ear (T16)
- effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
- effects of foreign body in mouth NOS (T18.0)
- effects of foreign body in nose (T17.0-T17.1)
- effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
- effects of foreign body on external eye (T15.-)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Code also
- for any associated infection
Includes
- injuries of ear
- injuries of eye
- injuries of face [any part]
- injuries of gum
- injuries of jaw
- injuries of oral cavity
- injuries of palate
- injuries of periocular area
- injuries of scalp
- injuries of temporomandibular joint area
- injuries of tongue
- injuries of tooth
S06
Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
- head injury NOS (S09.90)
Use additional codeAdd a second code for the full picture.
- code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)
Includes
- traumatic brain injury
Notes
- 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.
7th charactersThe 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
Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes · S00-S09 Injuries to the head (S00-S09)
Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.
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