021049WBillable procedure code

Bypass Coronary Artery, One Artery from Aorta with Autologous Venous Tissue, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Medical and Surgical·Heart and Great Vessels·Table 021·FY 2027

ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 021049W: Bypass Coronary Artery, One Artery from Aorta with Autologous Venous Tissue, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach. Table 021, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Heart and Great Vessels body system. The approach used is Percutaneous Endoscopic.

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What the code means

Bypass: root operation

Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part

Rerouting contents of a body part to a downstream area of the normal route, to a similar route and body part, or to an abnormal route and dissimilar body part. Includes one or more anastomoses, with or without the use of a device

Includes: Coronary artery bypass, colostomy formation

Percutaneous Endoscopic: approach

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure