Intracranial injury

Description

Damage inflicted on the tissues of the brain as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.

Coding note from above levels

This Block includes the following: • injuries of face [any part] • injuries of gum • injuries of jaw • injuries of oral cavity • injuries of palate • injuries of periocular area • injuries of scalp • injuries of temporomandibular joint area • injuries of tongue • injuries of tooth

Excludes

8B24 – Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
8E61.0 – Radiation-induced brain injury

Exclusions from above levels

http://id.who.int/icd/entity/152692065 – Frostbite
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/163532889 – Burns
ND70 – Foreign body on external eye

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ND71 – Foreign body in ear
ND72.1 – Foreign body in nostril
ND72.2 – Foreign body in pharynx
ND72.3 – Foreign body in larynx
ND73.0 – Foreign body in mouth
FB80.7 – Malunion of fracture
FB80.8 – Nonunion of fracture
FB80.A – Stress fracture, not elsewhere classified
FB80.B – Pathological fracture
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/624443803 – Birth injury
JB0A – Certain specified obstetric trauma

Child codes

NA07.0 – Concussion
NA07.1 – Traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage
NA07.2 – Traumatic cerebral oedema
NA07.3 – Diffuse brain injury
NA07.4 – Focal brain injury
NA07.5 – Traumatic epidural haemorrhage
NA07.6 – Traumatic subdural haemorrhage
NA07.7 – Traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage
NA07.8 – Traumatic haemorrhage in brain tissue
NA07.Y – Other specified intracranial injury
NA07.Z – Intracranial injury, unspecified

Foundation children elsewhere

8A60.5 – Epilepsy due to injuries to the head
KA40.0 – Intracranial laceration or haemorrhage due to birth injury

Sibling codes

NA00 – Superficial injury of head
NA01 – Open wound of head
NA02 – Fracture of skull or facial bones
NA03 – Dislocation or strain or sprain of joints or ligaments of head
NA04 – Injury of cranial nerves
NA05 – Injury of blood vessels of head
NA06 – Injury of eye or orbit
NA08 – Crushing injury of head
NA09 – Traumatic amputation of part of head
NA0A – Certain specified injuries of head
NA0B – Injury of the auricle
NA0C – Injury of middle or inner ear
NA0D – Injury of teeth or supporting structures
NA0Z – Injuries to the head, unspecified

Foundation entity

Intracranial injury – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/277610609

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 22: Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes