L76.1Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during a procedure

L76.1 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during 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), L76.1 is specifically for accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during a procedure. Related codes cover intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedure (L76.0), 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: L76.11 (procedure) and L76.12 (procedure).

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