ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L80-L99 › L98.42 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back › L98.423

L98.423

Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with necrosis of muscle

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with necrosis of muscle

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
L98.421 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back limited to breakdown of skin Valid
L98.422 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with fat layer exposed 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