L89.4
L89.4 — Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L89.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
L89.4 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 L89.4
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- L89.40Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, unspecified stage
- L89.41Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, stage 1
- L89.42Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, stage 2
- L89.43Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, stage 3
- L89.44Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, stage 4
- L89.45Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip, unstageable
- L89.46Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L89. If L89.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L89.4
- Is L89.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L89.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L89.4 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).