L97.928 - Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg with other specified severity
ICD-10: | L97.928 |
Short Description: | Non-prs chronic ulc unsp prt of l low leg with oth severity |
Long Description: | Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg with other specified severity |
Status: | Valid for Submission |
Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
Code Classification: |
L97.928 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of left lower leg with other specified severity. The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
Unspecified diagnosis codes like L97.928 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:
- - Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
- - lower limb (atrophic) (chronic) (neurogenic) (perforating) (pyogenic) (trophic) (tropical) - L97.909
- - left - L97.929
- - with
- - specified severity NEC - L97.928
- - with
- - lower leg NOS - L97.909
- - left - L97.929
- - with
- - specified severity NEC - L97.928
- - with
- - left - L97.929
- - left - L97.929
- - lower limb (atrophic) (chronic) (neurogenic) (perforating) (pyogenic) (trophic) (tropical) - L97.909
Replacement Code
L97928 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10 code(s):
- L97.929 - Non-prs chronic ulc unsp prt of l low leg w unsp severity
Convert to ICD-9 Code
Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
---|---|---|
L97.928 | 707.10 - Ulcer of lower limb NOS | |
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code. |
Code History
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018