L97.9
L97.9: Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of lower leg
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified
L97.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of lower leg. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L97.9
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 L97.9
3 child codes. Green means billable.