Pressure ulcer
Non-billable header
L89 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- bed sore
- decubitus ulcer
- plaster ulcer
- pressure area
- pressure sore
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- 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.-)
- decubitus (trophic) ulcer of cervix (uteri) (N86)
- diabetic ulcers (E08.621, E08.622, E09.621, E09.622, E10.621, E10.622, E11.621, E11.622, E13.621, E13.622)
- non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin (L97.-)
- skin infections (L00-L08)
- varicose ulcer (I83.0, I83.2)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
- any associated gangrene (I96)
More specific codes L89
- L89.0Pressure ulcer of elbowHeader
- L89.1Pressure ulcer of backHeader
- L89.2Pressure ulcer of hipHeader
- L89.3Pressure ulcer of buttockHeader
- L89.4Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hipHeader
- L89.5Pressure ulcer of ankleHeader
- L89.6Pressure ulcer of heelHeader
- L89.8Pressure ulcer of other siteHeader
- L89.9Pressure ulcer of unspecified siteHeader
Related codes
- L80VitiligoBillable
- L81Other disorders of pigmentationHeader
- L82Seborrheic keratosisHeader
- L83Acanthosis nigricansBillable
- L84Corns and callositiesBillable
- L85Other epidermal thickeningHeader
- L86Keratoderma in diseases classified elsewhereBillable
- L87Transepidermal elimination disordersHeader
- L88Pyoderma gangrenosumBillable
- L90Atrophic disorders of skinHeader
- L91Hypertrophic disorders of skinHeader
- L92Granulomatous disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissueHeader
- L93Lupus erythematosusHeader
- L94Other localized connective tissue disordersHeader
- L95Vasculitis limited to skin, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- L97Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- L98Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- L99Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue in diseases classified elsewhereBillable