Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during a procedure

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

L76.11 Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during a dermatologic procedure
L76.12 Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during other procedure

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during a procedure

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
L76.0	Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedure	Not billable
L76.2	Postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure	Not billable
L76.3	Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure	Not billable
L76.8	Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue	Not billable