Pressure ulcer of head, stage 1
Billable / specific
L89.811 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Healing pressure ulcer of head, stage 1
- Pressure pre-ulcer skin changes limited to persistent focal edema, head
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
- Healing pressure ulcer of head, stage 1
- Pressure pre-ulcer skin changes limited to persistent focal edema, head
Parent code
- L89.81Pressure ulcer of headHeader
Related codes
- L89.810Pressure ulcer of head, unstageableBillable
- L89.812Pressure ulcer of head, stage 2Billable
- L89.813Pressure ulcer of head, stage 3Billable
- L89.814Pressure ulcer of head, stage 4Billable
- L89.816Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of headBillable
- L89.819Pressure ulcer of head, unspecified stageBillable