L97.2
L97.2: Non-pressure chronic ulcer of calf
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L97.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for non-pressure chronic ulcer of calf. 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.
- Non-pressure chronic ulcer of shin
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L97.2
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 L97.2
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under L97
- L97.1Non-pressure chronic ulcer of thigh
- L97.3Non-pressure chronic ulcer of ankle
- L97.4Non-pressure chronic ulcer of heel and midfoot
- L97.5Non-pressure chronic ulcer of other part of foot
- L97.8Non-pressure chronic ulcer of other part of lower leg
- L97.9Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of lower leg