851.53 — Cerebellar or brain stem contusion with open intracranial wound, with moderate [1-24 hours] loss of consciousness

851.53 is an ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for cerebellar or brain stem contusion with open intracranial wound, with moderate [1-24 hours] loss of consciousness. ICD-9-CM was retired for U.S. claims on October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM took over.

The CMS General Equivalence Mappings translate it to 5 ICD-10-CM codes, such as S01.90XA (Unspecified open wound of unspecified part of head, initial encounter), S06.373A (Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of cerebellum with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes, initial encounter) and S06.374A (Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of cerebellum with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours, initial encounter). All of these are approximate matches, so review the record to pick the right one. Some mappings are combinations: more than one ICD-10 code is needed to fully express the ICD-9 code.