L89.15
L89.15: Pressure ulcer of sacral region
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L89.15 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pressure ulcer of sacral region. 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 coccyx
- Pressure ulcer of tailbone
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L89.15
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 L89.15
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- L89.150Pressure ulcer of sacral region, unstageable
- L89.151Pressure ulcer of sacral region, stage 1
- L89.152Pressure ulcer of sacral region, stage 2
- L89.153Pressure ulcer of sacral region, stage 3
- L89.154Pressure ulcer of sacral region, stage 4
- L89.156Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of sacral region
- L89.159Pressure ulcer of sacral region, unspecified stage