S15.191A
S15.191A: Other specified injury of right vertebral artery, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMright
S15.191A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified injury of right vertebral artery, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check S15.191A with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th character "A": initial encounter
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S15
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with S15.191A
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- S09.0Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified
- S09.0XXAInjury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter
- S09.0XXDInjury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified, subsequent encounter
- S09.0XXSInjury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified, sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
S15.191A is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52992Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Cerebrovascular Arterial Studies
- A56631Billing and Coding: Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography
- A56747Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
- A56775Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.