I am trying to mount a TV to a wall in my basement.

The wall is a single layer of drywall on a wooden frame.

On the other side of the drywall layer is my furnace room, where the backside of the drywall and framing is entirely exposed and visible on the furnace side of things.

There is an entirely unused power outlet on the furnace side of things.

Can i just punch a hole in the wall behind where i'm mounting the TV and plug the TV into the existing outlet? The wire will transverse the drywall, won't be running "inside" the wall. I've been trying to find relevant code rules about this, but I've only found stuff on an air gapped wall.

Edit: for clarification, I’m trying to find out if this solution is up to code.