Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable header
L98.4 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Chronic ulcer of skin NOS
- Tropical ulcer NOS
- Ulcer of skin NOS
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)
- gangrene (I96)
- skin infections (L00-L08)
- specific infections classified to A00-B99
- ulcer of lower limb NEC (L97.-)
- varicose ulcer (I83.0-I83.93)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from L98)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L98)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L98)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L98)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L98)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L98)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L98)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L98)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L98)
- viral warts (B07.-) (from L98)
Also known as
- Chronic ulcer of skin NOS
- Tropical ulcer NOS
- Ulcer of skin NOS
Parent code
- L98Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
More specific codes L98.4
- L98.41Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttockHeader
- L98.42Non-pressure chronic ulcer of backHeader
- L98.43Non-pressure chronic ulcer of abdomenHeader
- L98.44Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chestHeader
- L98.45Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neckHeader
- L98.46Non-pressure chronic ulcer of faceHeader
- L98.47Non-pressure chronic ulcer of groinHeader
- L98.49Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sitesHeader
Related codes
- L98.0Pyogenic granulomaBillable
- L98.1Factitial dermatitisBillable
- L98.2Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet]Billable
- L98.3Eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells]Billable
- L98.ANon-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- L98.5Mucinosis of the skinBillable
- L98.6Other infiltrative disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissueBillable
- L98.7Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissueBillable
- L98.8Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissueBillable
- L98.9Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecifiedBillable