Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness
Requires 7th character
S06.8A7 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from S06)
- injuries of ear
- injuries of eye
- injuries of face [any part]
- injuries of gum
- injuries of jaw
- injuries of oral cavity
- injuries of palate
- injuries of periocular area
- injuries of scalp
- injuries of temporomandibular joint area
- injuries of tongue
- injuries of tooth
- traumatic brain injury
- Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
- Note: 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.
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- traumatic cerebral edema (S06.1) (from S06.8A)
- birth trauma (P10-P15) (from S06)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from S06)
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32) (from S06)
- effects of foreign body in ear (T16) (from S06)
- effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3) (from S06)
- effects of foreign body in mouth NOS (T18.0) (from S06)
- effects of foreign body in nose (T17.0-T17.1) (from S06)
- effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2) (from S06)
- effects of foreign body on external eye (T15.-) (from S06)
- frostbite (T33-T34) (from S06)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) (from S06)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
7th character
This code requires a 7th character (defined at S06). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
Parent code
- S06.8APrimary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classifiedNeeds 7th char
More specific codes S06.8A7
- S06.8A7APrimary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness, initial encounterBillable
Related codes
- S06.8A0Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified without loss of consciousnessNeeds 7th char
- S06.8A1Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or lessNeeds 7th char
- S06.8A2Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutesNeeds 7th char
- S06.8A3Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutesNeeds 7th char
- S06.8A4Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hoursNeeds 7th char
- S06.8A5Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious levelNeeds 7th char
- 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 survivingNeeds 7th char
- 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 consciousnessNeeds 7th char
- S06.8AAPrimary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness status unknownNeeds 7th char
- S06.8A9Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of unspecified durationNeeds 7th char