AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1989 Fourth Quarter

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts

Coronary artery bypass surgery is performed to improve the blood supply to the myocardium when a blockage of the artery has reduced the flow of blood. Many aortocoronary bypass grafts use the saphenous vein with a segment removed from the leg, transposed to and sewn into the aorta, and then sewn into the coronary artery distal to the blockage. Occasionally, a segment of the internal mammary artery is used as the graft material. The incidence of single aortocoronary bypass grafts has decreased with the increased use of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Most aortocoronary artery bypass grafts now involve...

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