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03160A3

Bypass Left Axillary Artery to Right Lower Arm Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Bypass Left Axillary Artery to Right Lower Arm Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, 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 Axillary Artery, Left

Also covers

  • Anterior circumflex humeral artery
  • Lateral thoracic artery
  • Posterior circumflex humeral artery
  • Subscapular artery
  • Superior thoracic artery
  • Thoracoacromial artery

5. Approach Open

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0312090 Bypass Innominate Artery to Right Upper Arm Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid
0312091 Bypass Innominate Artery to Left Upper Arm Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid
0312092 Bypass Innominate Artery to Bilateral Upper Arm Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid
0312093 Bypass Innominate Artery to Right Lower Arm Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid
0312094 Bypass Innominate Artery to Left Lower Arm Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid
0312095 Bypass Innominate Artery to Bilateral Lower Arm Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid
0312096 Bypass Innominate Artery to Right Upper Leg Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid
0312097 Bypass Innominate Artery to Left Upper Leg Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid
0312098 Bypass Innominate Artery to Bilateral Upper Leg Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid
0312099 Bypass Innominate Artery to Right Lower Leg Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid
031209B Bypass Innominate Artery to Left Lower Leg Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid
031209C Bypass Innominate Artery to Bilateral Lower Leg Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach Valid