S15.291S
S15.291S: Other specified injury of right external jugular vein, sequela
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exemptright
S15.291S is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified injury of right external jugular vein, sequela. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check S15.291S with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th character "S": sequela
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 S15.291S
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
S15.291S is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
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- A56775Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.