L98.A
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
FY2026–2027 only
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 filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 10 same parent — L98
L98.0 Pyogenic granuloma L98.1 Factitial dermatitis L98.2 Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet] L98.3 Eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells] L98.4 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified category L98.5 Mucinosis of the skin L98.6 Oth infiltrative disorders of the skin, subcu L98.7 Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue L98.8 Oth disrd of the skin and subcutaneous tissue L98.9 Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
Subordinate codes 3
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