S06.2
ICD-10Non-billable categoryDiffuse traumatic brain injury
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Diffuse traumatic brain injury
S06.2 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Inclusion terms
- Diffuse axonal brain injury
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- traumatic diffuse cerebral edema (S06.1X-)
Use additional code
Report an additional code to identify the associated condition.
- code, if applicable, for traumatic brain compression or herniation (S06.A-)
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 1 code beneath S06.2. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in S06
- S06.0Concussioncategory
- S06.1Traumatic cerebral edemacategory
- S06.3Focal traumatic brain injurycategory
- S06.4Epidural hemorrhagecategory
- S06.5Traumatic subdural hemorrhagecategory
- S06.6Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhagecategory
- S06.8Other specified intracranial injuriescategory
- S06.9Unspecified intracranial injurycategory
- S06.ATraumatic brain compression and herniationcategory
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- S06
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.