L98.A2
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of forearm
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
L98.A2 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for non-pressure chronic ulcer of forearm. 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.A21 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right forearm, L98.A22 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of left forearm and L98.A29 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified forearm. Its coding notes include 16 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Inherited from L98.A Non-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified
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.-)