M96.82Accidental puncture and laceration of a musculoskeletal structure during a procedure

M96.82 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for accidental puncture and laceration of a musculoskeletal structure during a procedure. It belongs to category M96 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified), block M96 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified) and chapter 13 (diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within M96.8 (other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified), M96.82 is specifically for accidental puncture and laceration of a musculoskeletal structure during a procedure. Related codes cover intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a musculoskeletal structure complicating a procedure (M96.81), postprocedural hemorrhage of a musculoskeletal structure following a procedure (M96.83), postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a musculoskeletal structure following a procedure (M96.84) and other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of the musculoskeletal system (M96.89).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: M96.820 (procedure) and M96.821 (procedure).

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