L98.A193
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified upper arm with necrosis of muscle
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
FY2026–2027 only
This is the unspecified option. 7 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 16 never code together
L98.Acode
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 3
L98.Acode
Inclusion terms
- Chronic ulcer of upper limb NOS
- Non-healing ulcer of upper limb
- Ulcer of upper limb NEC
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 7 same parent — L98.A19
L98.A191 Non-prs chronic ulcer of unsp up arm limited to brkdwn skin L98.A192 Non-prs chronic ulcer of unsp up arm with fat layer exposed L98.A194 Non-prs chronic ulcer of unsp up arm with necrosis of bone L98.A195 Non-prs chr ulc of unsp up arm with msl invl w/o evd of necr L98.A196 Non-prs chr ulc of unsp up arm with bne invl w/o evd of necr L98.A198 Non-prs chronic ulcer of unsp upper arm with oth severity L98.A199 Non-prs chronic ulcer of unsp upper arm with unsp severity
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