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.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L98.A21
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
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.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