L89.14
L89.14: Pressure ulcer of left lower back
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft
L89.14 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pressure ulcer of left lower back. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L89.14
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 L89.14
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- L89.140Pressure ulcer of left lower back, unstageable
- L89.141Pressure ulcer of left lower back, stage 1
- L89.142Pressure ulcer of left lower back, stage 2
- L89.143Pressure ulcer of left lower back, stage 3
- L89.144Pressure ulcer of left lower back, stage 4
- L89.146Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of left lower back
- L89.149Pressure ulcer of left lower back, unspecified stage