L76.0
L76.0: Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L76.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue due to accidental puncture and laceration during a procedure (L76.1-)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead L76.0
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under L76
- L76.1Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during a procedure
- L76.2Postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure
- L76.3Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure
- L76.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue