Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM
L76 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Report one of the more specific codes below.
Codes under this one
- L76.0 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedureHeader
- L76.1 Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during a procedureHeader
- L76.2 Postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedureHeader
- L76.3 Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedureHeader
- L76.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissueHeader
Instructional notes
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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- viral warts (B07.-)
Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue · L76 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L76)
Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.
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