S06.8A
Header — not billablePrimary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified
The ICD-10 code for primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified is S06.8A.
S06.8A 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
Code also
Two codes may be needed to fully describe a condition, but unlike Code First/Use Additional Code, the sequencing order is not mandated by convention.
- , if applicable, focal traumatic brain injury (S06.3-)
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- traumatic cerebral edema (S06.1)
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.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under S06.8A
- S06.8A0Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified without loss of consciousness
- S06.8A1Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.8A2Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.8A3Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.8A4Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.8A5Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.8A6Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.8A7Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.8A8Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.8A9Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
- S06.8AAPrimary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified 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
- S06.89Other specified intracranial injurynon-billable header
- S06.8APrimary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header