ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L80-L99 › L89.20 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip › L89.206

L89.206

Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of unspecified hip

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2020 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2020 to now.

  1. FY2020 Added to the code set Pressure-induced deep tissue damage 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
L89.200 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, unstageable Valid
L89.201 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, stage 1 Valid
L89.202 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, stage 2 Valid
L89.203 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, stage 3 Valid
L89.204 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, stage 4 Valid
L89.209 Pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, unspecified stage Valid