L89.12
L89.12 — Pressure ulcer of left upper back
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft
L89.12 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pressure ulcer of left upper back. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Pressure ulcer of left shoulder blade
Risk adjustment
L89.12 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead L89.12
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- L89.120Pressure ulcer of left upper back, unstageable
- L89.121Pressure ulcer of left upper back, stage 1
- L89.122Pressure ulcer of left upper back, stage 2
- L89.123Pressure ulcer of left upper back, stage 3
- L89.124Pressure ulcer of left upper back, stage 4
- L89.126Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of left upper back
- L89.129Pressure ulcer of left upper back, unspecified stage
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L89.1. If L89.12 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L89.12
- Is L89.12 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L89.12 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L89.12 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99).