ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L80-L99 › L89.22 Pressure ulcer of left hip › L89.226

L89.226

Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of left 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 left 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
L89.220 Pressure ulcer of left hip, unstageable Valid
L89.221 Pressure ulcer of left hip, stage 1 Valid
L89.222 Pressure ulcer of left hip, stage 2 Valid
L89.223 Pressure ulcer of left hip, stage 3 Valid
L89.224 Pressure ulcer of left hip, stage 4 Valid
L89.229 Pressure ulcer of left hip, unspecified stage Valid