L97.41
L97.41 — Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right heel and midfoot
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
L97.41 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for non-pressure chronic ulcer of right heel and midfoot. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
L97.41 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 L97.41
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- L97.411Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right heel and midfoot limited to breakdown of skin
- L97.412Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right heel and midfoot with fat layer exposed
- L97.413Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right heel and midfoot with necrosis of muscle
- L97.414Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right heel and midfoot with necrosis of bone
- L97.415Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right heel and midfoot with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis
- L97.416Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right heel and midfoot with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
- L97.418Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right heel and midfoot with other specified severity
- L97.419Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right heel and midfoot with unspecified severity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L97.4. If L97.41 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L97.41
- Is L97.41 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L97.41 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L97.41 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).