021W08A
021W08A — Bypass Thoracic Aorta, Descending to Innominate Artery with Zooplastic Tissue, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Bypass Thor Aorta Desc to Innom Art w Zooplastic, Open
How 021W08A is built
Every ICD-10-PCS code is seven independent character positions. Each one is a separate decision, and the meaning of a character depends on the positions before it.
- 0SectionMedical and Surgical — What family of procedure this is
- 2Body systemWhich system it acts on
- 1Root operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
- WBody partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- 8DeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- AQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 021W08A
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- 021V4KTBypass Superior Vena Cava to Left Pulmonary Vein with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 021V4KUBypass Superior Vena Cava to Pulmonary Vein Confluence with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 021V4ZPBypass Superior Vena Cava to Pulmonary Trunk, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 021V4ZQBypass Superior Vena Cava to Right Pulmonary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 021V4ZRBypass Superior Vena Cava to Left Pulmonary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 021V4ZSBypass Superior Vena Cava to Right Pulmonary Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 021V4ZTBypass Superior Vena Cava to Left Pulmonary Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 021V4ZUBypass Superior Vena Cava to Pulmonary Vein Confluence, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 021W08ABypass Thoracic Aorta, Descending to Innominate Artery with Zooplastic Tissue, Open Approach
- 021W08BBypass Thoracic Aorta, Descending to Subclavian with Zooplastic Tissue, Open Approach
- 021W08DBypass Thoracic Aorta, Descending to Carotid with Zooplastic Tissue, Open Approach
- 021W08FBypass Thoracic Aorta, Descending to Abdominal Artery with Zooplastic Tissue, Open Approach
- 021W08GBypass Thoracic Aorta, Descending to Axillary Artery with Zooplastic Tissue, Open Approach
- 021W08HBypass Thoracic Aorta, Descending to Brachial Artery with Zooplastic Tissue, Open Approach
- 021W08PBypass Thoracic Aorta, Descending to Pulmonary Trunk with Zooplastic Tissue, Open Approach
- 021W08QBypass Thoracic Aorta, Descending to Right Pulmonary Artery with Zooplastic Tissue, Open Approach
- 021W08RBypass Thoracic Aorta, Descending to Left Pulmonary Artery with Zooplastic Tissue, Open Approach