2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L89.94

Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 4

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  • L89.94 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 L89.94 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L89.94 - other international versions of ICD-10 L89.94 may differ.
Applicable To
  • Healing pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 4
  • Pressure ulcer with necrosis of soft tissues through to underlying muscle, tendon, or bone, unspecified site
The following code(s) above L89.94 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 L89.94:
  • L00-L99
    2023 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

      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
    Pressure ulcer
Approximate Synonyms
  • Pressure ulcer stage 4
ICD-10-CM L89.94 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 L89.94 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 L89.94
L89.892 …… stage 2
L89.893 …… stage 3
L89.894 …… stage 4
L89.896 Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of other site
L89.899 …… unspecified stage
L89.9 Pressure ulcer of unspecified site
L89.90 …… unspecified stage
L89.91 …… stage 1
L89.92 …… stage 2
L89.93 …… stage 3
L89.94 …… stage 4
L89.95 …… unstageable
L89.96 Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of unspecified site
L90 Atrophic disorders of skin
L90.0 Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus
L90.1 Anetoderma of Schweninger-Buzzi
L90.2 Anetoderma of Jadassohn-Pellizzari
L90.3 Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini
L90.4 Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
L90.5 Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin
L90.6 Striae atrophicae

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