L76.0
Header — not billableIntraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedure
The ICD-10 code for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedure is L76.0.
L76.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue due to accidental puncture and laceration during a procedure (L76.1-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- L76.1Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during a procedurenon-billable header
- L76.2Postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedurenon-billable header
- L76.3Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedurenon-billable header
- L76.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissuenon-billable header
- L76.0Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedurenon-billable header