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L98.491 - Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites limited to breakdown of skin
ICD-10-CM Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue · L80-L99 Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99) · Subcategory of L98.49 · FY2027
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom L98.4
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)
- gangrene (I96)
- skin infections (L00-L08)
- specific infections classified to A00-B99
- ulcer of lower limb NEC (L97.-)
- varicose ulcer (I83.0-I83.93)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter L00-L99
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- 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.-)
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Chapter Information
Other codes in L98.49
Codes at the same level as L98.491
- Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with fat layer exposedL98.492
- Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with necrosis of muscleL98.493
- Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with necrosis of boneL98.494
- Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosisL98.495
- Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with bone involvement without evidence of necrosisL98.496
- Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with other specified severityL98.498
- Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with unspecified severityL98.499