031J0AG ICD-10-PCS Code: Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Intracranial Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach
Bypass L Com Carotid to Intracran Art w Autol Art, Open
Axis Breakdown
Every ICD-10-PCS code is exactly seven characters, one per axis. Each character's meaning is defined by its position in the code.
| Position | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section0 | Medical and Surgical |
| 2 | Body System3 | Upper Arteries |
| 3 | Root Operation1 | Bypass Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part |
| 4 | Body PartJ | Common Carotid Artery, Left |
| 5 | Approach0 | Open |
| 6 | DeviceA | Autologous Arterial Tissue |
| 7 | QualifierG | Intracranial Artery |
MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)
Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.
The MS-DRG grouper treats this as an operating room procedure. It appears in the surgical logic of 14 MS-DRGs:
- MDC 01 — Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage: DRG 020, DRG 021, DRG 022
- MDC 01 — Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex CNS Principal Diagnosis: DRG 023, DRG 024
- MDC 01 — Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures: DRG 025, DRG 026, DRG 027
- MDC 21 — Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries: DRG 907, DRG 908, DRG 909
- MDC 24 — Other O.R. Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma: DRG 957, DRG 958, DRG 959
From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual, Appendix E. Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.
Related Codes
Same operation — other Body Part
Same table and root operation, differing only in the body part character.
031G0AG — Bypass Intracranial Artery to Intracranial Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach, 031H0AG — Bypass Right Common Carotid Artery to Intracranial Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach, 031S0AG — Bypass Right Temporal Artery to Intracranial Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach, 031T0AG — Bypass Left Temporal Artery to Intracranial Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach
Same operation — other Device
Same table and root operation, differing only in the device character.
031J09G — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Intracranial Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach, 031J0JG — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Intracranial Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach, 031J0KG — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Intracranial Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach, 031J0ZG — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Intracranial Artery, Open Approach
Same operation — other Qualifier
Same table and root operation, differing only in the qualifier character.
031J0AJ — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Right Extracranial Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach, 031J0AK — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Left Extracranial Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach, 031J0AY — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Upper Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach
Same procedure category (CCSR), other tables
AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software Refined groups these ICD-10-PCS procedures with this one under Carotid endarterectomy and stenting (Cardiovascular Procedures); listed here are the members in other PCS tables. Source: Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, November 2025.
037H04Z — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Drug-eluting Intraluminal Device, Open Approach, 037H05Z — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Two Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach, 037H06Z — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Three Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach, 037H07Z — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Four or More Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach, 037H0DZ — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach, 037H0EZ — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Two Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach, 037H0FZ — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Three Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach, 037H0GZ — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Four or More Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach, 037H0ZZ — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery, Open Approach, 037H34Z — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Drug-eluting Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach, 037H35Z — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Two Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Percutaneous Approach, 037H36Z — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Three Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Percutaneous Approach, 037H37Z — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Four or More Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Percutaneous Approach, 037H3DZ — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach, 037H3EZ — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Two Intraluminal Devices, Percutaneous Approach, 037H3FZ — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Three Intraluminal Devices, Percutaneous Approach, 037H3GZ — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Four or More Intraluminal Devices, Percutaneous Approach, 037H3ZZ — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 037H44Z — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Drug-eluting Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 037H45Z — Dilation of Right Common Carotid Artery with Two Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, +369 more
Contextual Map
Every relationship of 031J0AG in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.
PCS table
- 031[PCS table]
- Medical and Surgical — Section: Medical and Surgical[Section]: “Medical and Surgical”
- Upper Arteries — Body System: Upper Arteries[Body System]: “Upper Arteries”
- Bypass — Operation: Bypass[Operation]: “Bypass”
MS-DRG participation (14)
- DRG 020 — INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC[MS-DRG]: “INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC — Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage (MDC 01)”
- DRG 021 — INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITH CC[MS-DRG]: “INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITH CC — Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage (MDC 01)”
- DRG 022 — INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITHOUT CC/MCC[MS-DRG]: “INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITHOUT CC/MCC — Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage (MDC 01)”
- DRG 023 — CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC OR ANTINEOPLASTIC IMPLANT OR EPILEPSY WITH NEUROSTIMULATOR[MS-DRG]: “CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC OR ANTINEOPLASTIC IMPLANT OR EPILEPSY WITH NEUROSTIMULATOR — Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex CNS Principal Diagnosis (MDC 01)”
- DRG 024 — CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MCC[MS-DRG]: “CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MCC — Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex CNS Principal Diagnosis (MDC 01)”
- DRG 025 — CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC[MS-DRG]: “CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC — Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures (MDC 01)”
- DRG 026 — CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC[MS-DRG]: “CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC — Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures (MDC 01)”
- DRG 027 — CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC[MS-DRG]: “CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC — Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures (MDC 01)”
- and 6 more
Clinical classification (CCSR)
- CAR006 — Carotid endarterectomy and stenting[CCSR category]: “Carotid endarterectomy and stenting — Cardiovascular Procedures”
MDC crossing · diagnoses (2636)
- MDC 01 — Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”
- A02.21 — Salmonella meningitis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Salmonella meningitis — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.” · Check 031J0AG + A02.21 together
- A06.6 — Amebic brain abscess[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Amebic brain abscess — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.” · Check 031J0AG + A06.6 together
- A17.0 — Tuberculous meningitis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Tuberculous meningitis — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.” · Check 031J0AG + A17.0 together
- A17.1 — Meningeal tuberculoma[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Meningeal tuberculoma — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.” · Check 031J0AG + A17.1 together
- A17.81 — Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.” · Check 031J0AG + A17.81 together
- and 2631 more
Nearest codes
- 031G0AG — Bypass Intracranial Artery to Intracranial Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach[One axis away]
- 031H0AG — Bypass Right Common Carotid Artery to Intracranial Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach[One axis away]
- 031J09G — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Intracranial Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach[One axis away]
- 031J0AJ — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Right Extracranial Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach[One axis away]
- 031J0AK — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Left Extracranial Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach[One axis away]
- 031J0AY — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Upper Artery with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Open Approach[One axis away]
- 031J0JG — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Intracranial Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach[One axis away]
- 031J0KG — Bypass Left Common Carotid Artery to Intracranial Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach[One axis away]
Change history
No changes recorded for this code. This ledger tracks additions, deletions and description changes from FY2026 (April) onward. Note changes are not tracked.