Traumatic Brain Injury ICD 10 Code Update

Ned Barrett
March 11, 2025
ICD 10 Codes

Traumatic Brain Injury ICD 10 Code Update

2025 Traumatic Brain Injury ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S06.2X9D

Diffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration, subsequent encounter

2X9D is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Short description: Diffuse TBI w loss of consciousness of unspecified duration, subs
The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM S06.2X9D became effective on October 1, 2024.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S06.2X9D – other international versions of ICD-10 S06.2X9D may differ.

The following code(s) above S06.2X9D contain annotation back-references that may be applicable to S06.2X9D:

S00-T88 – Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
S00-S09 – Injuries to the head
S06 – Intracranial injury
2 – Diffuse traumatic brain injury

Present On Admission

2X9D is considered exempt from POA reporting.

ICD-10-CM S06.2X9D is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

949 Aftercare with cc/mcc
950 Aftercare without cc/mcc

Convert S06.2X9D to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

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