Alphabetic Index FY2027

L76.3

Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure

FY2027Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue/L76 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

L76.3 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for postprocedural hematoma and seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are L76.31 Postprocedural hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a dermatologic procedure, L76.32 Postprocedural hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following other procedure, L76.33 Postprocedural seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a dermatologic procedure and L76.34 Postprocedural seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following other procedure. Its coding notes include 10 Excludes2 entries.

Guidelines tip

From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.

Intraoperative and postprocedural complications are coded from the body system chapters unless the complication is specifically indexed to a T code.

Guidelines I.C.19.g.5Postprocedural complications in the body system chaptersRead the official text

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 12 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • viral warts (B07.-)

More specific codes under L76.3 4