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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L89.819
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L89.819
Pressure ulcer of head, unspecified stage
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- L89.819 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM L89.819 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L89.819 - other international versions of ICD-10 L89.819 may differ.
Applicable To- Healing pressure ulcer of head NOS
- Healing pressure ulcer of head, unspecified stage
The following code(s) above
L89.819 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
L89.819:
- L00-L99
2023 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 2021 2022 2023 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)
- L89.81
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L89.81
Pressure ulcer of head
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- Pressure sore on head
- Pressure ulcer of head
ICD-10-CM L89.819 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
- 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 L89.819 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
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L89.819
L89.626 Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of left heel
L89.8 Pressure ulcer of other site
L89.816 Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of head
L89.819
…… unspecified stage
L89.89 Pressure ulcer of other site
L89.896 Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of other site
L89.9 Pressure ulcer of unspecified site
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
