L76.3
L76.3 — Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L76.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural hematoma and seroma 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
L76.3 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 L76.3
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- L76.31Postprocedural hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a dermatologic procedure
- L76.32Postprocedural hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following other procedure
- L76.33Postprocedural seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a dermatologic procedure
- L76.34Postprocedural seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following other procedure
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L76. If L76.3 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
- L76.2Postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure
- L76.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Questions about L76.3
- Is L76.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L76.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L76.3 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).