L98.A21
L98.A21 — Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right forearm
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
L98.A21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for non-pressure chronic ulcer of right forearm. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
L98.A21 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.A21
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- L98.A211Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right forearm limited to breakdown of skin
- L98.A212Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right forearm with fat layer exposed
- L98.A213Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right forearm with necrosis of muscle
- L98.A214Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right forearm with necrosis of bone
- L98.A215Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right forearm with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis
- L98.A216Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right forearm with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
- L98.A218Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right forearm with other specified severity
- L98.A219Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right forearm with unspecified severity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L98.A2. If L98.A21 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L98.A21
- Is L98.A21 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L98.A21 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L98.A21 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).