L98.499 — Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with unspecified severity
L98.499 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with unspecified severity. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L98.499
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of L98.499, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Risk adjustment
L98.499 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 383 Chronic Ulcer of Skin, Except Pressure, Not Specified as Through to Bone or Muscle0.646 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
How L98.499 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to L98.499.
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›skin(atrophic) (chronic) (neurogenic) (non-healing) (perforating) (pyogenic) (trophic) (tropical)
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›skin›specified site NEC
Code history
L98.499 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L98.49. If L98.499 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
Questions about L98.499
- Is L98.499 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. L98.499 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does L98.499 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).