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S06.1X7
Non-billable

Traumatic cerebral edema with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

S06.1X7 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Inclusion Terms

2 items

From S06.1:

  • Diffuse traumatic cerebral edema
  • Focal traumatic cerebral edema

Includes

1 item

From S06:

  • traumatic brain injury

Excludes1

3 items

From S00-T88:

From S06:

Use Additional Code

2 items

From S00-T88:

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

From S06:

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

Notes

1 item

From S06:

  • 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 Character Notes

4 items

From S06:

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S06
  • A: initial encounter
  • D: subsequent encounter
  • S: sequela
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