L76
Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
L00-L99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)I89.8
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)M30-M36
- viral warts (B07.-)B07.-
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes
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Index entries leading here filed at null
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Subordinate codes 5
L76.0 Intraop hemor/hemtom of skin, subcu complicating a procedure L76.1 Accidental pnctr & lac of skin, subcu during a procedure L76.2 Postproc hemorrhage of skin, subcu following a procedure L76.3 Postproc hematoma and seroma of skin, subcu fol a procedure L76.8 Oth intraop and postprocedural complications of skin, subcu
Medications 4
21 Intraoperative Complications drugs 1331 Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases drugs 80 Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue drugs 1315 Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications drugs
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