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
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L89.12
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
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