M96.82 - Accidental puncture and laceration of a musculoskeletal structure during a procedure

Version 2023
ICD-10:M96.82
Short Description:Accidental pnctr & lac of a ms structure dur proc
Long Description:Accidental puncture and laceration of a musculoskeletal structure during a procedure
Status: Not Valid for Submission
Version:ICD-10-CM 2023
Code Classification:
  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99)
    • Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified (M96)
      • Intraop and postproc comp and disorders of ms sys, NEC (M96)

M96.82 is a non-specific and non-billable ICD-10 code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of accidental puncture and laceration of a musculoskeletal structure during a procedure. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding for Accidental pnctr & lac of a ms structure dur proc

Non-specific codes like M96.82 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10 codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for accidental pnctr & lac of a ms structure dur proc:

  • BILLABLE CODE - Use M96.820 for Accidental puncture and laceration of a musculoskeletal structure during a musculoskeletal system procedure
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use M96.821 for Accidental puncture and laceration of a musculoskeletal structure during other procedure

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