L97.829
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of other part of left lower leg with unspecified severity
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 7 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 13 never code together
L97code
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 14
L97code
Includes
- chronic ulcer of skin of lower limb NOS
- non-healing ulcer of skin
- non-infected sinus of skin
- trophic ulcer NOS
- tropical ulcer NOS
- ulcer of skin of lower limb NOS
Code first
- any associated underlying condition, such as:
- any associated gangrene (I96)I96
- atherosclerosis of the lower extremities (I70.23-, I70.24-, I70.33-, I70.34-, I70.43-, I70.44-, I70.53-, I70.54-, I70.63-, I70.64-, I70.73-, I70.74-)I70.23-I70.24-I70.33-I70.34-I70.43-I70.44-I70.53-I70.54-I70.63-I70.64-I70.73-I70.74-
- chronic venous hypertension (I87.31-, I87.33-)I87.31-I87.33-
- 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
- postphlebitic syndrome (I87.01-, I87.03-)I87.01-I87.03-
- postthrombotic syndrome (I87.01-, I87.03-)I87.01-I87.03-
- varicose ulcer (I83.0-, I83.2-)I83.0-I83.2-
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 7 same parent — L97.82
L97.821 Non-prs chr ulcer oth prt l low leg limited to brkdwn skin L97.822 Non-prs chronic ulcer oth prt l low leg w fat layer exposed L97.823 Non-prs chronic ulcer oth prt l low leg w necrosis of muscle L97.824 Non-prs chronic ulcer oth prt l low leg w necrosis of bone L97.825 Non-prs chr ulc oth prt l low leg w msl invl w/o evd of necr L97.826 Non-prs chr ulc oth prt l low leg w bne invl w/o evd of necr L97.828 Non-prs chronic ulcer oth prt l low leg with oth severity
Medications 1
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