L89.1Non-billable
Pressure ulcer of back
Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Coding Guidance
L89.1 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for bed sore
bed sore
View TemplatesPressure Ulcer
View documentation for decubitus ulcer stage 2
decubitus ulcer stage 2
View TemplatesStage 2 Pressure Ulcer
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Includes
5 items
Includes
From L89:
- •bed sore
- •decubitus ulcer
- •plaster ulcer
- •pressure area
- •pressure sore
Excludes2
15 items
Excludes2
From L00-L99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- •lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
- •neoplasms (C00-D49)
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- •systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- •viral warts (B07.-)