Non-pressure chronic ulcer of other part of lower leg

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 3 more specific codes instead:

L97.80 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of other part of unspecified lower leg (also a header)
L97.81 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of other part of right lower leg (also a header)
L97.82 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of other part of left lower leg (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 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of other part of lower leg

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

Code	Description	Status
L97.1	Non-pressure chronic ulcer of thigh	Not billable
L97.2	Non-pressure chronic ulcer of calf	Not billable
L97.3	Non-pressure chronic ulcer of ankle	Not billable
L97.4	Non-pressure chronic ulcer of heel and midfoot	Not billable
L97.5	Non-pressure chronic ulcer of other part of foot	Not billable
L97.9	Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of lower leg	Not billable