L89.81
L89.81: Pressure ulcer of head
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L89.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pressure ulcer of head. 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 face
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L89.81
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 L89.81
7 child codes. Green means billable.