L98.49
L98.49 — Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L98.49 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites. 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 skin NOS
Risk adjustment
L98.49 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 L98.49
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- L98.491Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites limited to breakdown of skin
- L98.492Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with fat layer exposed
- L98.493Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with necrosis of muscle
- L98.494Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with necrosis of bone
- L98.495Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis
- L98.496Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
- L98.498Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with other specified severity
- L98.499Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with unspecified severity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L98.4. If L98.49 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L98.49
- Is L98.49 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L98.49 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L98.49 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).