ICD-10-CM · Chapter 12 · L00–L99
L76.21
Postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a dermatologic procedure
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Quick facts
- Code
- L76.21
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 12 — Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Category
- L76 — Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM L76.21 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a dermatologic procedure. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in L76
- L76Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L76.0Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a procedure
- L76.01Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating a dermatologic procedure
- L76.02Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating other procedure
- L76.1Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during a procedure
- L76.11Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during a dermatologic procedure
- L76.12Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during other procedure
- L76.2Postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure
- L76.22Postprocedural hemorrhage of skin and subcutaneous tissue following other procedure
- L76.3Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a procedure
- L76.31Postprocedural hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a dermatologic procedure
- L76.32Postprocedural hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following other procedure
- L76.33Postprocedural seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a dermatologic procedure
- L76.34Postprocedural seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following other procedure
- L76.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
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