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FY2027

L76.8 — Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Not billable

Is L76.8 billable?

No — L76.8 is a non-billable header code. L76.8 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 2 billable codes beneath L76.8.

L76.8 at a glance

CodeL76.8
DescriptionOther intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
BillableNo — header code
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Use additional code

Report an additional code alongside L76.8 to fully describe the condition. L76.8 is sequenced first.

  • code, if applicable, to further specify disorder

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 12

The conditions below are not part of L76.8, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L76.8 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • 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.-)

What codes fall under L76.8? (2)

How long has L76.8 existed?

L76.8 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

What other codes are in the L76 family? (4)