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L97.925

Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2018 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

  1. FY2018 Added to the code set Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis

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

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 44 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
L97.921 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg limited to breakdown of skin Valid
L97.922 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg with fat layer exposed Valid
L97.923 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg with necrosis of muscle Valid
L97.924 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg with necrosis of bone Valid
L97.926 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis Valid
L97.928 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg with other specified severity Valid
L97.929 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg with unspecified severity Valid