L76.0Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedure

L76.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedure. It belongs to category L76 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue), block L76 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue) and chapter 12 (diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within L76 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue), L76.0 is specifically for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedure. Related codes cover accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during a procedure (L76.1), postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure (L76.2), postprocedural hematoma and seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure (L76.3) and other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L76.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: L76.01 (procedure) and L76.02 (procedure).

Don't report L76.0 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue due to accidental puncture and laceration during a procedure (L76.1-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.