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L76.82

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Other postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Unexpected complications affecting the skin or tissue that develop after a surgical procedure.

Coding Tips

  • •This code captures postprocedural complications not specified elsewhere; document timing and nature of the complication
  • •Distinguish between this code and infection-related codes; if infection is documented, use appropriate infection codes instead

Code Hierarchy

└L76Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue└L76.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue└L76.82Other postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
└L76.82Other postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue

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