ICD-10-CM Codes
L00-L99 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L80-L99 Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L89- Pressure ulcer

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L89.019

Pressure ulcer of right elbow, unspecified stage

2016

2017

2018

Billable/Specific Code

L89.019 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM L89.019 became effective on October 1, 2017.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L89.019 - other international versions of ICD-10 L89.019 may differ.

Applicable To

Healing pressure right of elbow NOS
Healing pressure ulcer of right elbow, unspecified stage

The following code(s) above L89.019 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to L89.019:

L00-L99
2018 ICD-10-CM Range L00-L99
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Type 2 Excludes
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- viral warts (B07.-)
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L89
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L89
Pressure ulcer
Code First
- any associated gangrene (I96)
Includes
- bed sore
- decubitus ulcer
- plaster ulcer
- pressure area
- pressure sore
Type 2 Excludes
- decubitus (trophic) ulcer of cervix (uteri) (N86)
- diabetic ulcers (E08.621, E08.622, E09.621, E09.622, E10.621, E10.622, E11.621, E11.622, E13.621, E13.622)
- non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin (L97.-)
- skin infections (L00-L08)
- varicose ulcer (I83.0, I83.2)
Pressure ulcer

Approximate Synonyms

Pressure ulcer of right elbow

ICD-10-CM L89.019 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):

573 Skin graft for skin ulcer or cellulitis with mcc
574 Skin graft for skin ulcer or cellulitis with cc
575 Skin graft for skin ulcer or cellulitis without cc/mcc
576 Skin graft except for skin ulcer or cellulitis with mcc
577 Skin graft except for skin ulcer or cellulitis with cc
578 Skin graft except for skin ulcer or cellulitis without cc/mcc
592 Skin ulcers with mcc
593 Skin ulcers with cc
594 Skin ulcers without cc/mcc

Convert L89.019 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L89.019

L89.002 …… stage 2

L89.003 …… stage 3

L89.004 …… stage 4

L89.009 …… unspecified stage

L89.01 Pressure ulcer of right elbow

L89.010 …… unstageable

L89.011 …… stage 1

L89.012 …… stage 2

L89.013 …… stage 3

L89.014 …… stage 4

L89.019 …… unspecified stage

L89.02 Pressure ulcer of left elbow

L89.020 …… unstageable

L89.021 …… stage 1

L89.022 …… stage 2

L89.023 …… stage 3

L89.024 …… stage 4

L89.029 …… unspecified stage

L89.1 Pressure ulcer of back

L89.10 Pressure ulcer of unspecified part of back

L89.100 …… unstageable

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L89.019

Pressure ulcer of right elbow, unspecified stage

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Pressure ulcer