ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L80-L99 › L97.2 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of calf › L97.20

L97.20

Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified calf

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 8 more specific codes instead:

  • L97.201 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified calf limited to breakdown of skin
  • L97.202 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified calf with fat layer exposed
  • L97.203 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified calf with necrosis of muscle
  • L97.204 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified calf with necrosis of bone
  • L97.205 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified calf with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis
  • L97.206 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified calf with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
  • L97.208 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified calf with other specified severity
  • L97.209 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified calf with unspecified severity

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 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified calf

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 L97 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 - not included here

  • pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)
  • skin infections (L00-L08)
  • specific infections classified to A00-B99

Code first

  • any associated underlying condition, such as:
  • any associated gangrene (I96)
  • atherosclerosis of the lower extremities (I70.23-, I70.24-, I70.33-, I70.34-, I70.43-, I70.44-, I70.53-, I70.54-, I70.63-, I70.64-, I70.73-, I70.74-)
  • chronic venous hypertension (I87.31-, I87.33-)
  • diabetic ulcers (E08.621, E08.622, E09.621, E09.622, E10.621, E10.622, E11.621, E11.622, E13.621, E13.622)
  • postphlebitic syndrome (I87.01-, I87.03-)
  • postthrombotic syndrome (I87.01-, I87.03-)
  • varicose ulcer (I83.0-, I83.2-)

Includes

  • chronic ulcer of skin of lower limb NOS
  • non-healing ulcer of skin
  • non-infected sinus of skin
  • trophic ulcer NOS
  • tropical ulcer NOS
  • ulcer of skin of lower limb NOS

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
L97.21 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right calf Not billable
L97.22 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of left calf Not billable