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L98.A31

L98.A31: Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right hand

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright

L98.A31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for non-pressure chronic ulcer of right hand. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L98.A31

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

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

  • 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)

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.A31

8 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under L98.A3

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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