L89.31
L89.31 — Pressure ulcer of right buttock
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
L89.31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pressure ulcer of right buttock. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
L89.31 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 L89.31
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- L89.310Pressure ulcer of right buttock, unstageable
- L89.311Pressure ulcer of right buttock, stage 1
- L89.312Pressure ulcer of right buttock, stage 2
- L89.313Pressure ulcer of right buttock, stage 3
- L89.314Pressure ulcer of right buttock, stage 4
- L89.316Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of right buttock
- L89.319Pressure ulcer of right buttock, unspecified stage
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L89.3. If L89.31 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L89.31
- Is L89.31 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L89.31 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L89.31 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).