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S06.3 Focal brain injury

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S06.3 is the ICD-10 code for Focal brain injury. It is a four-character subcategory of S06 (Intracranial injury), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block S00–S09 (Injuries to the head) in Chapter XIX, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XIX · S00–T98
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What S06.3 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Focal:
    • cerebral: contusion
    • cerebral: laceration
    • traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage

S06.3 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

S06.3Fokal hjärnskada

  • S06.30Fokal hjärnskada - utan öppet intrakraniellt sår
  • S06.31Fokal hjärnskada - med öppet intrakraniellt sår
NorwayICD-10-NO

S06.3Fokal hjerneskade

  • S06.30Fokal hjerneskade uten åpen intrakraniell skade
  • S06.31Fokal hjerneskade med åpen intrakraniell skade
DenmarkICD-10-DK

DS063Fokal traumatisk hjernelæsion

  • DS063AFokal knusningslæsion i hjernen
  • DS063BFokal hjernekontusion
  • DS063CFokal traumatisk blødning i hjernen
FinlandICD-10-FI

S06.3Paikallinen aivovamma

GermanyICD-10-GM

S06.3Umschriebene Hirnverletzung

  • S06.30Umschriebene Hirn- und Kleinhirnverletzung, nicht näher bezeichnet
  • S06.31Umschriebene Hirnkontusion
  • S06.32Umschriebene Kleinhirnkontusion
  • S06.33Umschriebenes zerebrales Hämatom
  • S06.34Umschriebenes zerebellares Hämatom
  • S06.38Sonstige umschriebene Hirn- und Kleinhirnverletzungen
FranceICD-10-FR

S06.3Lésion traumatique cérébrale en foyer

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

S06.3focaal hersenletsel

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • S06.300AUnspecified focal traumatic brain injury without loss of consciousness, initial encounter
  • S06.300DUnspecified focal traumatic brain injury without loss of consciousness, subsequent encounter
  • S06.300SUnspecified focal traumatic brain injury without loss of consciousness, sequela
  • S06.301AUnspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, initial encounter
  • S06.301DUnspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, subsequent encounter
  • S06.301SUnspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, sequela
  • S06.302AUnspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, initial encounter
  • S06.302DUnspecified focal traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, subsequent encounter
  • and 253 more national subcodes

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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