L76.8
Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
L76.8 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue. 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 L76.81 Other intraoperative complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue and L76.82 Other postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction and 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.
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
- code, if applicable, to further specify disorder
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
- 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.-)