L89.026
Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of left elbow
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 15 never code together
L89code
Excludes2
- decubitus (trophic) ulcer of cervix (uteri) (N86)N86
- diabetic ulcers (E08.621, E08.622, E09.621, E09.622, E10.621, E10.622, E11.621, E11.622, E13.621, E13.622)E08.621E08.622E09.621E09.622E10.621E10.622E11.621E11.622E13.621E13.622
- non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin (L97.-)L97.-
- skin infections (L00-L08)L00-L08
- varicose ulcer (I83.0, I83.2)I83.0I83.2
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 1
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
- pressure (pressure area) L89.9
- elbow L89.0
- stage 1 (healing) (pre-ulcer skin changes limited to persistent focal edema)
- elbow L89.0
- stage 2 (healing) (abrasion, blister, partial thickness skin loss involving epidermis and/or dermis)
- elbow L89.0
- stage 3 (healing) (full thickness skin loss involving damage or necrosis of subcutaneous tissue)
- elbow L89.0
- stage 4 (healing) (necrosis of soft tissues through to underlying muscle, tendon, or bone)
- elbow L89.0
- unspecified stage
- elbow L89.0
- unstageable
- elbow L89.0
- pressure (pressure area) L89.9
Alongside this code 6 same parent — L89.02
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