Not Valid for Submission
S06.305 is a "header" nonspecific and non-billable code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of unspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level. The code is NOT valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code S06.305 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like hind brain contusion with open intracranial wound, with more than 24 hours loss of consciousness and return to pre-existing conscious level or open hindbrain contusion.
ICD-10: | S06.305 |
Short Description: | Unsp focal TBI w LOC >24 hr w ret consc lev |
Long Description: | Unspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level |
Consider the following ICD-10 codes with a higher level of specificity:
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Hind brain contusion with open intracranial wound, with more than 24 hours loss of consciousness and return to pre-existing conscious level
- Open hindbrain contusion
Code Classification
Code History
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set) - FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020