S06.81 — Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified

Not billable

Is S06.81 billable?

No — S06.81 is a non-billable header code. S06.81 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 29 billable codes beneath S06.81.

Billable codes under this header

S06.810AInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified without loss of consciousness, initial encounter
S06.810DInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified without loss of consciousness, subsequent encounter
S06.810SInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified without loss of consciousness, sequela
S06.811AInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, initial encounter
S06.811DInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, subsequent encounter
S06.811SInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, sequela
S06.812AInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, initial encounter
S06.812DInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, subsequent encounter
S06.812SInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, sequela
S06.813AInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes, initial encounter
S06.813DInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes, subsequent encounter
S06.813SInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes, sequela
S06.814AInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours, initial encounter
S06.814DInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours, subsequent encounter
S06.814SInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours, sequela
S06.815AInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level, initial encounter
S06.815DInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level, subsequent encounter
S06.815SInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level, sequela
S06.816AInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving, initial encounter
S06.816DInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving, subsequent encounter
S06.816SInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving, sequela
S06.817AInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness, initial encounter
S06.818AInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness, initial encounter
S06.81AAInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness status unknown, initial encounter
S06.81ADInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness status unknown, subsequent encounter
S06.81ASInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness status unknown, sequela
S06.819AInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration, initial encounter
S06.819DInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration, subsequent encounter
S06.819SInjury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration, sequela

S06.81 at a glance

Code	S06.81
Description	Injury of right internal carotid artery, intracranial portion, not elsewhere classified
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is S06.81 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

The Alphabetic Index lists these routes under S06.8, the nearest indexed parent of S06.81. Use them to find the family, then select the specific code.

Injury › blood vessel NEC › carotid artery › internal, intracranial

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from S06

The conditions below can never be reported together with S06.81 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

head injury NOS (S09.90)

Use additional code — inherited from Chapter 19

Report an additional code alongside S06.81 to fully describe the condition. S06.81 is sequenced first.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

Use additional code — inherited from S06

Report an additional code alongside S06.81 to fully describe the condition. S06.81 is sequenced first.

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

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 19

The conditions below are not part of S06.81, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, S06.81 and the excluded code may both be reported.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from S00-S09

The conditions below are not part of S06.81, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, S06.81 and the excluded code may both be reported.

burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
effects of foreign body in ear (T16)
effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
effects of foreign body in mouth NOS (T18.0)
effects of foreign body in nose (T17.0-T17.1)
effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
effects of foreign body on external eye (T15.-)
frostbite (T33-T34)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

Code also — inherited from S00-S09

Two codes may be needed to describe the condition fully. Whether S06.81 is sequenced first depends on the reason for the encounter.

for any associated infection

Code also — inherited from S06