L98.44
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest
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- L98.441Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest limited to breakdown of skinBillable
- L98.442Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with fat layer exposedBillable
- L98.443Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with necrosis of muscleBillable
- L98.444Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with necrosis of boneBillable
- L98.445Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosisBillable
- L98.446Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with bone involvement without evidence of necrosisBillable
- L98.448Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with other specified severityBillable
- L98.449Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest with unspecified severityBillable
This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
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.-)