S06.8
Header — not billableOther specified intracranial injuries
The ICD-10 code for other specified intracranial injuries is S06.8.
S06.8 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under S06.8
- S06.81Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- S06.82Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- S06.89Other specified intracranial injurynon-billable header
- S06.8APrimary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- S06.0Concussionnon-billable header
- S06.1Traumatic cerebral edemanon-billable header
- S06.2Diffuse traumatic brain injurynon-billable header
- S06.3Focal traumatic brain injurynon-billable header
- S06.4Epidural hemorrhagenon-billable header
- S06.5Traumatic subdural hemorrhagenon-billable header
- S06.6Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhagenon-billable header
- S06.9Unspecified intracranial injurynon-billable header
- S06.ATraumatic brain compression and herniationnon-billable header
- S06.8Other specified intracranial injuriesnon-billable header