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001U072

Bypass Spinal Canal to Atrium with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2019 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2019 to now.

  1. FY2019 Added to the code set Bypass Spinal Canal to Atrium with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Bypass

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

For example

  • Coronary artery bypass, colostomy formation

4. Body Part Spinal Canal

Also covers

  • Epidural space, spinal
  • Extradural space, spinal
  • Subarachnoid space, spinal
  • Subdural space, spinal
  • Vertebral canal

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6. Device Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0016070 Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Nasopharynx with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0016071 Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Mastoid Sinus with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0016072 Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Atrium with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0016073 Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Blood Vessel with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0016074 Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Pleural Cavity with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0016075 Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Intestine with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0016076 Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Peritoneal Cavity with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0016077 Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Urinary Tract with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0016078 Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Bone Marrow with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
001607A Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Subgaleal Space with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
001607B Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Cerebral Cisterns with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
00160J0 Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Nasopharynx with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid