L98.45
L98.45 — Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L98.45 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
L98.45 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 L98.45
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- L98.451Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck limited to breakdown of skin
- L98.452Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck with fat layer exposed
- L98.453Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck with necrosis of muscle
- L98.454Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck with necrosis of bone
- L98.455Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis
- L98.456Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
- L98.458Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck with other specified severity
- L98.459Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck with unspecified severity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L98.4. If L98.45 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- L98.41Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock
- L98.42Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back
- L98.43Non-pressure chronic ulcer of abdomen
- L98.44Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest
- L98.46Non-pressure chronic ulcer of face
- L98.47Non-pressure chronic ulcer of groin
- L98.49Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites
Questions about L98.45
- Is L98.45 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L98.45 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L98.45 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).