L89
Pressure ulcer
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 15 never code together
L89code
Excludes2
- decubitus (trophic) ulcer of cervix (uteri) (N86)N86N86N86
- diabetic ulcers (E08.621, E08.622, E09.621, E09.622, E10.621, E10.622, E11.621, E11.622, E13.621, E13.622)E08.621E08.621E08.621E08.622E08.622E08.622E09.621E09.621E09.621E09.622E09.622E09.622E10.621E10.621E10.621E10.622E10.622E10.622E11.621E11.621E11.621E11.622E11.622E11.622E13.621E13.621E13.621E13.622E13.622E13.622
- non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin (L97.-)L97.-L97.-L97.-
- skin infections (L00-L08)L00-L08L00-L08L00-L08
- varicose ulcer (I83.0, I83.2)I83.0I83.0I83.0I83.2I83.2I83.2
L00-L99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)I89.8
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)M30-M36
- viral warts (B07.-)B07.-
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 6
Index entries leading here filed at null
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Subordinate codes 9
L89.0 Pressure ulcer of elbow L89.1 Pressure ulcer of back L89.2 Pressure ulcer of hip L89.3 Pressure ulcer of buttock L89.4 Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip L89.5 Pressure ulcer of ankle L89.6 Pressure ulcer of heel L89.8 Pressure ulcer of other site L89.9 Pressure ulcer of unspecified site
Medications 1
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