M96.82
M96.82: Accidental puncture and laceration of a musculoskeletal structure during a procedure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M96.82 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for accidental puncture and laceration of a musculoskeletal structure during a procedure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M96.82
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on M96: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified
Other codes that can never be billed with M96.82
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
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 M96.82
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under M96.8
- M96.81Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a musculoskeletal structure complicating a procedure
- M96.83Postprocedural hemorrhage of a musculoskeletal structure following a procedure
- M96.84Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a musculoskeletal structure following a procedure
- M96.89Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of the musculoskeletal system