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ICD-10-CM Code for 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 S06.8A7

ICD-10 code S06.8A7 for 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 is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .

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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

S06.8A

Excludes2: traumatic cerebral edema (S06.1)

Code also: , if applicable, focal traumatic brain injury (S06.3-)

S06

Includes: traumatic brain injury

Excludes1: head injury NOS (S09.90)

Code also: any associated:
open wound of head (S01.-)
skull fracture (S02.-)

Use additional code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)

 
S06.8A7 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
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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, initial encounter

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