L89.60
L89.60 — Pressure ulcer of unspecified heel
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L89.60 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pressure ulcer of unspecified heel. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
L89.60 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 L89.60
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- L89.600Pressure ulcer of unspecified heel, unstageable
- L89.601Pressure ulcer of unspecified heel, stage 1
- L89.602Pressure ulcer of unspecified heel, stage 2
- L89.603Pressure ulcer of unspecified heel, stage 3
- L89.604Pressure ulcer of unspecified heel, stage 4
- L89.606Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of unspecified heel
- L89.609Pressure ulcer of unspecified heel, unspecified stage
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L89.6. If L89.60 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L89.60
- Is L89.60 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L89.60 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L89.60 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).