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Inpatient Procedure Code

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.

PositionValueMeaning
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:

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

MS-DRG participation (14)

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MDC crossing · diagnoses (2636)

Nearest codes

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.