L98.44
L98.44: Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L98.44 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L98.44
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 L98.44
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- L98.441Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest limited to breakdown of skin
- L98.442Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with fat layer exposed
- L98.443Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with necrosis of muscle
- L98.444Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with necrosis of bone
- L98.445Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis
- L98.446Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
- L98.448Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with other specified severity
- L98.449Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with unspecified severity
Other codes under L98.4
- L98.41Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock
- L98.42Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back
- L98.43Non-pressure chronic ulcer of abdomen
- L98.45Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck
- L98.46Non-pressure chronic ulcer of face
- L98.47Non-pressure chronic ulcer of groin
- L98.49Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites