L89.93

Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 3

Risk-adjusting (HCC)Billable code

HCC risk adjustment mapping

CMS-HCC V28

HCC381

Pressure Ulcer of Skin with Full Thickness Skin Loss

CMS-HCC ESRD V24

HCC158

Pressure Ulcer of Skin with Full Thickness Skin Loss

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

This code · L89.93
Synonyms

Healing pressure ulcer of unspecified site, stage 3 Pressure ulcer with full thickness skin loss involving damage or necrosis of subcutaneous tissue, unspecified site

Inherited from L89Pressure ulcer
Includes

bed sore decubitus ulcer plaster ulcer pressure area pressure sore

Excludes 2

decubitus (trophic) ulcer of cervix (uteri) (N86) diabetic ulcers (E08.621, E08.622, E09.621, E09.622, E10.621, E10.622, E11.621, E11.622, E13.621, E13.622) non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin (L97.-) skin infections (L00-L08) varicose ulcer (I83.0, I83.2)

Code first

any associated gangrene (I96)

Inherited from chapter 12Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Excludes 2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) 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.-)

Official Guidelines for L89.93

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