ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L80-L99 › L98.42 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back › L98.421
L98.421
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back limited to breakdown of skin
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back limited to breakdown of skin
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.
- Naga sore
- Veldt sore
- Sore > Naga
- Sore > veldt
- Desert > sore
- Sore > desert
- Sore > of skin
- Sore > tropical
- Meleney's > ulcer
- Sloughing > ulcer
- Meleney's > gangrene
- Phagedena > tropical
- Barcoo disease or rot
- Gangrene, gangrenous > Meleney's
- Lesion > ulcerated or ulcerative
- Infection, infected, infective > skin > ulcer
- Gangrene, gangrenous > progressive synergistic
- Infection, infected, infective > local, skin > ulcer
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > chronic
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > trophic
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > atrophic
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > tropical
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > fistulous
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > Meleney's
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > sloughing
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > phagedenic
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > skin > back
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > neurogenic NEC
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > unspecified site
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > nose, nasal > skin
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > perforating > skin
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > due to > infection NEC
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > due to > trophic disturbance
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > back > with > skin breakdown only
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L98.422 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with fat layer exposed | Valid |
| L98.423 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with necrosis of muscle | Valid |
| L98.424 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with necrosis of bone | Valid |
| L98.425 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis | Valid |
| L98.426 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis | Valid |
| L98.428 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with other specified severity | Valid |
| L98.429 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with unspecified severity | Valid |