Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip
Non-billable header
L89.4 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from L89)
- 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) (from L89)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L89)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L89)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L89)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L89)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L89)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L89)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L89)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L89)
- viral warts (B07.-) (from L89)
- decubitus (trophic) ulcer of cervix (uteri) (N86) (from L89)
- diabetic ulcers (E08.621, E08.622, E09.621, E09.622, E10.621, E10.622, E11.621, E11.622, E13.621, E13.622) (from L89)
- non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin (L97.-) (from L89)
- skin infections (L00-L08) (from L89)
- varicose ulcer (I83.0, I83.2) (from L89)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
Also known as
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, pressure, contiguous site of back, buttock, hip
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, pressure, stage 1, contiguous site of back, buttock, hip
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, pressure, stage 2, contiguous site of back, buttock, hip
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, pressure, stage 3, contiguous site of back, buttock, hip
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, pressure, stage 4, contiguous site of back, buttock, hip
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, pressure, unspecified stage, contiguous site of back, buttock, hip
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, pressure, unstageable, contiguous site of back, buttock, hip
Parent code
- L89Pressure ulcerHeader
More specific codes L89.4
- L89.40Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, unspecified stageBillable
- L89.41Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, stage 1Billable
- L89.42Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, stage 2Billable
- L89.43Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, stage 3Billable
- L89.44Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, stage 4Billable
- L89.45Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, unstageableBillable
- L89.46Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of contiguous site of back, buttock and hipBillable