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ICD-10-CM Code for Pressure ulcer L89

ICD-10 code L89 for Pressure ulcer is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue .

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Official Long Descriptor

Pressure ulcer
Code first any associated gangrene (I96)
Includes: bed sore
decubitus ulcer
plaster ulcer
pressure area
pressure sore
Excludes2: 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)
 
L89 Pressure ulcer
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Pressure ulcer of elbow
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Pressure ulcer of back
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Pressure ulcer of hip
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Pressure ulcer of buttock
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Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip
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Pressure ulcer of ankle
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Pressure ulcer of heel
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Pressure ulcer of other site
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Pressure ulcer of unspecified site

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Advice on waiting for pathology or not to report diagnosis?
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99213, G0439 & 99397
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99213, G0439 & 99397
[QUOTE="ACollison, post: 498033, member: 123219"] Hello I have a provider trying to bill for 99213, G0439 & 99397. I feel like these should bump up against each other ? 99213-25 DX H40.023, M05.79,... [ Read More ]
99213, G0439 & 99397
Hello I have a provider trying to bill for 99213, G0439 & 99397. I feel like these should bump up against each other ? 99213-25 DX H40.023, M05.79, R80.9 & L89.309 G0439-25 DX E11.628 & E11.29 99... [ Read More ]
Diabetes and Pressure Ulcer Guidance
[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 485386, member: 5404"] I'm not sure I'm looking at the same question as you are from this edition of Coding Clinic. I see a question which gives a diagnosis of a "[I]Stage 3... [ Read More ]
Diabetes and Pressure Ulcer Guidance
I'm not sure I'm looking at the same question as you are from this edition of Coding Clinic. I see a question which gives a diagnosis of a "[I]Stage 3 necrotic decubitus ulcer..[/I].". Since the pro... [ Read More ]
Diabetes and Pressure Ulcer Guidance
I am very confused with this guidance from the Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2018: "If a patient is diagnosed with a pressure ulcer associated with diabetic neuropathy and diabetic peripheral vascular... [ Read More ]
Debridement Sacral wound
Hello, I am trying to figure out the total cm. Would I only code 11043? Thank you in advance for any help. Procedure(s): DEBRIDEMENT SACRAL WOUND Procedure Note Pre-op Diagnosis: Infected decubitus ... [ Read More ]
Wound debridement
Hello everyone, In need of clarification on wound debridements and modifiers. If a patient (nursing home resident) who is being treated with a subq debridement 11042 for a pressure ulcer L89.154 an... [ Read More ]
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