Intracranial injury

Definition

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.

Exclusions

• Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (8B24)
• Radiation-induced brain injury (8E61.0)

11 subordinate codes

• NA07.0Concussion
• NA07.1Traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage
• NA07.2Traumatic cerebral oedema
• NA07.3Diffuse brain injury
• NA07.4Focal brain injury
• NA07.5Traumatic epidural haemorrhage
• NA07.6Traumatic subdural haemorrhage
• NA07.7Traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage
• NA07.8Traumatic haemorrhage in brain tissue
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Injuries to the head

• NA00Superficial injury of head
• NA01Open wound of head
• NA02Fracture of skull or facial bones
• NA03Dislocation or strain or sprain of joints or ligaments of head
• NA04Injury of cranial nerves
• NA05Injury of blood vessels of head
• NA06Injury of eye or orbit
• NA08Crushing injury of head