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L98.492
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with fat layer exposed
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 skin of other sites with fat layer exposed
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
- Phagedena
- Sloughing
- Sphacelus
- Veldt sore
- Sore > Naga
- Sore > veldt
- Desert > sore
- Mortification
- Sore > desert
- Sore > of skin
- Sore > tropical
- Meleney's > ulcer
- Sloughing > ulcer
- Necrosis, necrotic
- Meleney's > gangrene
- Phagedena > tropical
- Barcoo disease or rot
- Pemphigus > gangrenous
- Cellulitis > gangrenous
- Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
- 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 > gangrenous
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > phagedenic
- 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 > skin > with gangrene
Showing 40 of 43 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L98.491 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites limited to breakdown of skin | Valid |
| L98.493 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with necrosis of muscle | Valid |
| L98.494 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with necrosis of bone | Valid |
| L98.495 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis | Valid |
| L98.496 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis | Valid |
| L98.498 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with other specified severity | Valid |
| L98.499 | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with unspecified severity | Valid |