Pressure ulcer of other site

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 2 more specific codes instead:

L89.81 Pressure ulcer of head (also a header)
L89.89 Pressure ulcer of other site (also a header)

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Pressure ulcer of other site

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
L89.0	Pressure ulcer of elbow	Not billable
L89.1	Pressure ulcer of back	Not billable
L89.2	Pressure ulcer of hip	Not billable
L89.3	Pressure ulcer of buttock	Not billable
L89.4	Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip	Not billable
L89.5	Pressure ulcer of ankle	Not billable
L89.6	Pressure ulcer of heel	Not billable
L89.9	Pressure ulcer of unspecified site	Not billable