CMS-1500 · Box 19

Additional claim information.

What goes here

Free-text or payer-specific narrative — e.g., a narrative for an unlisted code, a prior-authorization number, or a co-occurrence statement.

Common mistakes

Internal notes intended for the front office are copied in. ICD-10 codes that already belong in Box 21 are reproduced here, so pay-attention narrows to the wrong field.