L89.9
L89.9: Pressure ulcer of unspecified site
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L89.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pressure ulcer of unspecified site. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L89.9
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 L89.9
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- L89.90Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, unspecified stage
- L89.91Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 1
- L89.92Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 2
- L89.93Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 3
- L89.94Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 4
- L89.95Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, unstageable
- L89.96Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of unspecified site