L89.9
Pressure ulcer of unspecified site
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 8 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
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
Alongside this code 8 same parent — L89
L89.0 Pressure ulcer of elbow category L89.1 Pressure ulcer of back category L89.2 Pressure ulcer of hip category L89.3 Pressure ulcer of buttock category L89.4 Pressure ulcer of contiguous site of back, buttock and hip category L89.5 Pressure ulcer of ankle category L89.6 Pressure ulcer of heel category L89.8 Pressure ulcer of other site category
Subordinate codes 7
L89.90 Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, unspecified stage L89.91 Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 1 L89.92 Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 2 L89.93 Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 3 L89.94 Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 4 L89.95 Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, unstageable L89.96 Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of unspecified site
Medications 1
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
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