L98.A
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
L98.A is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for non-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are L98.A1 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of upper arm, L98.A2 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of forearm and L98.A3 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of hand. Its coding notes include 16 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
This code
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 12 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- 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.-)
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
This code
- Chronic ulcer of upper limb NOS
- Non-healing ulcer of upper limb
- Ulcer of upper limb NEC