ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code
S06.8Other specified intracranial injuries
S06.8 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 4 more specific codes beneath it and add the required 7th character.
Code unchanged since ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-CM release from CDC/NCHS and CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data
About S06.8
S06.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other specified intracranial injuries. It belongs to category S06 (intracranial injury), block S00-S09 (injuries to the head) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.
Within S06, choose S06.8 (Other specified intracranial injuries) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: concussion (S06.0), traumatic cerebral edema (S06.1), diffuse traumatic brain injury (S06.2), focal traumatic brain injury (S06.3), epidural hemorrhage (S06.4), traumatic subdural hemorrhage (S06.5), traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (S06.6), unspecified intracranial injury (S06.9) and 1 more.
Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.
Use an additional code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-).
It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.
7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S06, except as noted below
- S06.81Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified
- S06.810Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified without loss of consciousness
- S06.811Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.812Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.813Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.814Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.815Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.816Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.817Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.818Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.819Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
- S06.81AInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness status unknown
- S06.82Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified
- S06.820Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified without loss of consciousness
- S06.821Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
- S06.822Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes
- S06.823Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes
- S06.824Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours
- S06.825Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level
- S06.826Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving
- S06.827Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.828Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness
- S06.829Injury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
- S06.82AInjury of left internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness status unknown
- S06.89Other specified intracranial injury
- 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
- S06.8APrimary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified
- 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
- Ainitial encounter
- Dsubsequent encounter
- Ssequela
Notes that apply from higher levels
Instructions written at a parent level also apply to S06.8.
› From S06 Intracranial injury
- 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.
- traumatic brain injury
- head injury NOS (S09.90)
- code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)
Broader instructions also apply from S00-S09 Injuries to the head and Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Alphabetic index entries
1 entriesTerms in the official ICD-10-CM index that lead to S06.8.
Codes whose notes reference S06.8
Code history
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
- 2026
- 2027
- FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
- No changes since FY2016.
Common questions about S06.8
Is S06.8 billable?
- No. S06.8 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.