L89.141
L89.141: Pressure ulcer of left lower back, stage 1
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMleft
L89.141 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pressure ulcer of left lower back, stage 1. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L89.141 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Healing pressure ulcer of left lower back, stage 1
- Pressure pre-ulcer skin changes limited to persistent focal edema, left lower back
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L89.141
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.
Medicare coverage
L89.141 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56566Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy Servicesnot covered
- A57067Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy Servicesnot covered
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under L89.14
- L89.140Pressure ulcer of left lower back, unstageable
- 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