S06.89
Header — not billableOther specified intracranial injury
The ICD-10 code for other specified intracranial injury is S06.89.
S06.89 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 11 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- concussion (S06.0X-)
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.
- •Laterality-specific codes exist for this condition — confirm the affected side is documented.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under S06.89
- S06.890Other specified intracranial injury without loss of consciousness
- S06.891Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.892Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.893Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.894Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.895Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.896Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.897Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.898Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.899Other specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
- S06.89AOther specified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness status unknown
Related codes in this category
- 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
- S06.8APrimary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- S06.89Other specified intracranial injurynon-billable header