L98.A

L98.A: Non-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

L98.A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for non-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

gangrene (I96)
pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)
skin infections (L00-L08)
specific infections classified to A00-B99
ulcer of lower limb NEC (L97.-)
varicose ulcer (I83.0-I83.93)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Chronic ulcer of upper limb NOS
Non-healing ulcer of upper limb
Ulcer of upper limb NEC

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.A

3 child codes. Green means billable.