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Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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Pressure ulcer
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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L89.124
Pressure ulcer of left upper back, stage 4
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- L89.124 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM L89.124 became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L89.124 - other international versions of ICD-10 L89.124 may differ.
Applicable To- Healing pressure ulcer of left upper back, stage 4
- Pressure ulcer with necrosis of soft tissues through to underlying muscle, tendon, or bone, left upper back
The following code(s) above
L89.124 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
L89.124:
- L00-L99
2020 ICD-10-CM Range L00-L99
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissueType 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.-)
- L89
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L89
Pressure ulcer
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
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)
- L89.12
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L89.12
Pressure ulcer of left upper back
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Pressure ulcer of left shoulder blade
- Pressure ulcer of left upper back stage 4
ICD-10-CM L89.124 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):
- 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
- 592 Skin ulcers with mcc
- 593 Skin ulcers with cc
- 594 Skin ulcers without cc/mcc
Convert L89.124 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
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L89.124
L89.116 Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of right upper back
L89.12 Pressure ulcer of left upper back
L89.124
…… stage 4
L89.126 Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of left upper back
L89.13 Pressure ulcer of right lower back
L89.136 Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of right lower back
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
