L76.12 - Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during other procedure

Version 2023
ICD-10:L76.12
Short Description:Accidental pnctr & lac of skin, subcu during oth procedure
Long Description:Accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during other procedure
Status: Valid for Submission
Version:ICD-10-CM 2023
Code Classification:
  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
    • Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L76)
      • Intraop and postprocedural complications of skin, subcu (L76)

L76.12 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of accidental puncture and laceration of skin and subcutaneous tissue during other procedure. The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:

Convert to ICD-9 Code

Source ICD-10 CodeTarget ICD-9 Code
L76.12998.2 - Accidental op laceration
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

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