L97.31Non-billable
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right ankle
Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Coding Guidance
L97.31 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.
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
6 items
Includes
From L97:
- •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
Excludes2
13 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.-)