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L00-L99
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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L80-L99
Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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L97-
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified
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2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L97.902
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L97.902
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of unspecified lower leg with fat layer exposed
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code
- L97.902 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Non-prs chr ulc unsp prt of unsp low leg w fat layer exposed
- The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM L97.902 became effective on October 1, 2021.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L97.902 - other international versions of ICD-10 L97.902 may differ.
The following code(s) above
L97.902 contain annotation back-references
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that may be applicable to
L97.902:
Approximate Synonyms
- Atherosclerotic ischemic ulcer of lower leg
- Atherosclerotic ischemic ulcer of lower leg with fat layer exposure
- Chronic ulcer of lower leg
- Chronic ulcer of lower leg with fat layer exposure
- Diabetes type 1 with diabetic ulcer of lower leg
- Diabetes type 2 with diabetic ulcer of lower leg
- Diabetic ulcer of lower leg with fat layer exposure due to dm 1
- Diabetic ulcer of lower leg with fat layer exposure due to dm 2
- Neuropathic ulcer of lower leg
- Neuropathic ulcer of lower leg with fat layer exposure
- Varicose ulcer of lower leg
- Varicose ulcer of lower leg with fat layer exposure
- Venous stasis edema with ulcer of lower leg
- Venous stasis ulcer with edema of lower leg with fat layer exposure
ICD-10-CM L97.902 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):
- 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 L97.902 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
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
- lower limb (atrophic) (chronic) (neurogenic) (perforating) (pyogenic) (trophic) (tropical) L97.909
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L97.909
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of unspecified lower leg with unspecified severity
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code
- with
- exposed fat layer L97.902
- lower leg NOS L97.909
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L97.909
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of unspecified lower leg with unspecified severity
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code
- with
- exposed fat layer L97.902
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L97.902
L97.825 …… with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis
L97.826 …… with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
L97.828 …… with other specified severity
L97.829 …… with unspecified severity
L97.9 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of lower leg
L97.90 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of unspecified lower leg
L97.901 …… limited to breakdown of skin
L97.902
…… with fat layer exposed
L97.905 …… with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis
L97.906 …… with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
L97.908 …… with other specified severity
L97.909 …… with unspecified severity
L97.91 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of right lower leg
L97.911 …… limited to breakdown of skin
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.