S06Intracranial injury
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
Select a more specific code
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Do not use S06 directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- Group S00-S09
- Injuries to the head
- Official Vietnamese name
- Tổn thương nội sọ
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- 0 w 1 w Note: For primary coding of intracranial injuries with associated fractures, reference should be made to the morbidity or mortality coding rules and guidelines in Volume 2. The following subdivisions are provided for optional use in a supplementary character position where it is not possible or not desired to use multiple coding to identify intracranial injury and open wound: ithout open intracranial wound ith open intracranial wound
Related S06 codes
S06.0
Concussion
S06.00
Primary diagnosis candidate
Concussion, without open intracranial wound
S06.01
Primary diagnosis candidate
Concussion, with open intracranial wound
S06.1
Traumatic cerebral oedema
S06.10
Primary diagnosis candidate
Traumatic cerebral oedema, without open intracranial wound
S06.11
Primary diagnosis candidate
Traumatic cerebral oedema, with open intracranial wound
S06.2
Diffuse brain injury
S06.20
Primary diagnosis candidate
Diffuse brain injury, without open intracranial wound
S06.21
Primary diagnosis candidate
Diffuse brain injury, with open intracranial wound
S06.3
Focal brain injury
S06.30
Primary diagnosis candidate
Focal brain injury, without open intracranial wound
S06.31
Primary diagnosis candidate
Focal brain injury, with open intracranial wound
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
