ICD10Check
CheckerBrowseOpen

S06.A

⚠ Non-billable (Header)

Traumatic brain compression and herniation

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.

Check This Code

Also Known As

Traumatic cerebral compression

📋 Code Instructions

  • • Code first: the underlying traumatic brain injury, such as:
  • • Code first: diffuse traumatic brain injury (S06.2-)
  • • Code first: focal traumatic brain injury (S06.3-)
  • • Code first: traumatic subdural hemorrhage (S06.5-)
  • • Code first: traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (S06.6-)

❌ Excludes1

inherited from S06

Rules from parent category S06: Intracranial injury

  • • head injury NOS (S09.90)

📋 Code Instructions

from S06
  • • code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)

Child Codes (2)

S06.A0Traumatic brain compression without herniationS06.A1Traumatic brain compression with herniation

🧪 Validate Combinations

Add S06.A to the Excludes Checker to validate against your full code list.

Open in Checker →

Code Information

CodeS06.A
BillableNo — Header code
ParentS06
CategoryInjury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Excludes11 rule(s)
Excludes20 note(s)
Child codes2

Data Source

CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List

Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)