L76.2
L76.2 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L76.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
L76.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead L76.2
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L76. If L76.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- L76.0Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedure
- L76.1Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during 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
Questions about L76.2
- Is L76.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L76.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L76.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L76).