Non-pressure chronic ulcer of left calf with unspecified severity
Billable / specificHCC V28 383
L97.229 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from L97)
- chronic ulcer of skin of lower limb NOS
- non-healing ulcer of skin
- non-infected sinus of skin
- trophic ulcer NOS
- tropical ulcer NOS
- ulcer of skin of lower limb NOS
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from L97)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L97)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L97)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L97)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L97)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L97)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L97)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L97)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L97)
- viral warts (B07.-) (from L97)
- pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-) (from L97)
- skin infections (L00-L08) (from L97)
- specific infections classified to A00-B99 (from L97)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
- any associated underlying condition, such as: (from L97)
- any associated gangrene (I96) (from L97)
- atherosclerosis of the lower extremities (I70.23-, I70.24-, I70.33-, I70.34-, I70.43-, I70.44-, I70.53-, I70.54-, I70.63-, I70.64-, I70.73-, I70.74-) (from L97)
- chronic venous hypertension (I87.31-, I87.33-) (from L97)
- diabetic ulcers (E08.621, E08.622, E09.621, E09.622, E10.621, E10.622, E11.621, E11.622, E13.621, E13.622) (from L97)
- postphlebitic syndrome (I87.01-, I87.03-) (from L97)
- postthrombotic syndrome (I87.01-, I87.03-) (from L97)
- varicose ulcer (I83.0-, I83.2-) (from L97)
Also known as
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, lower limb, calf, left
Parent code
- L97.22Non-pressure chronic ulcer of left calfHeader
Related codes
- L97.221Non-pressure chronic ulcer of left calf limited to breakdown of skinBillable
- L97.222Non-pressure chronic ulcer of left calf with fat layer exposedBillable
- L97.223Non-pressure chronic ulcer of left calf with necrosis of muscleBillable
- L97.224Non-pressure chronic ulcer of left calf with necrosis of boneBillable
- L97.225Non-pressure chronic ulcer of left calf with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosisBillable
- L97.226Non-pressure chronic ulcer of left calf with bone involvement without evidence of necrosisBillable
- L97.228Non-pressure chronic ulcer of left calf with other specified severityBillable