ICD-10-CM Code L98.424

Valid for Submission

L98.424 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with necrosis of bone. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code L98.424 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like chronic ulcer of back, chronic ulcer of back, chronic ulcer of sacral region, necrosis of back bone co-occurrent and due to chronic ulcer of back, necrosis of back bone co-occurrent and due to chronic ulcer of back, necrosis of sacral bone co-occurrent and due to chronic ulcer of sacrum, etc

Index to Diseases and Injuries

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 the code L98.424 are found in the index:

• - Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
  • - back - L98.429
    • - with
      • - bone necrosis - L98.424

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Chronic ulcer of back
• Chronic ulcer of back
• Chronic ulcer of sacral region
• Necrosis of back bone co-occurrent and due to chronic ulcer of back
• Necrosis of back bone co-occurrent and due to chronic ulcer of back
• Necrosis of sacral bone co-occurrent and due to chronic ulcer of sacrum
• Necrosis of sacral muscle co-occurrent and due to chronic ulcer of sacrum

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code L98.424 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2020.

• 573 - SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH MCC
• 574 - SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH CC
• 575 - SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITHOUT CC/MCC

Convert L98.424 to ICD-9

• 707.8 - Chronic skin ulcer NEC (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
  • Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)
    • Oth disorders of skin, subcu, not elsewhere classified (L98)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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