ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L80-L99 › L89.2 Pressure ulcer of hip › L89.20

L89.20

Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

  • L89.200 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, unstageable
  • L89.201 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, stage 1
  • L89.202 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, stage 2
  • L89.203 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, stage 3
  • L89.204 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, stage 4
  • L89.206 Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of unspecified hip
  • L89.209 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, unspecified stage

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from L89 Pressure ulcer

Excludes2 - not included here

  • 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)

Code first

  • any associated gangrene (I96)

Includes

  • bed sore
  • decubitus ulcer
  • plaster ulcer
  • pressure area
  • pressure sore

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Showing 40 of 78 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
L89.21 Pressure ulcer of right hip Not billable
L89.22 Pressure ulcer of left hip Not billable