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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

L89.522

Pressure ulcer of left ankle, stage 2

Release
FY 2027
Effective

Hierarchy

Where L89.522 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. L89 Pressure ulcer
  2. L89.5 Pressure ulcer of ankle
  3. L89.52 Parent Pressure ulcer of left ankle
  4. L89.522 This code Pressure ulcer of left ankle, stage 2

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Includes

bed sore

Inherited from L89 — Pressure ulcer

Includes

decubitus ulcer

Inherited from L89 — Pressure ulcer

Includes

plaster ulcer

Inherited from L89 — Pressure ulcer

Includes

pressure area

Inherited from L89 — Pressure ulcer

Includes

pressure sore

Inherited from L89 — Pressure ulcer

Inclusion Terms

Healing pressure ulcer of left ankle, stage 2

Inclusion Terms

Pressure ulcer with abrasion, blister, partial thickness skin loss involving epidermis and/or dermis, left ankle

Excludes2

decubitus (trophic) ulcer of cervix (uteri) ( N86 )

Inherited from L89 — Pressure ulcer

Excludes2

diabetic ulcers ( E08.621 , E08.622 , E09.621 , E09.622 , E10.621 , E10.622 , E11.621 , E11.622 , E13.621 , E13.622 )

Inherited from L89 — Pressure ulcer

Excludes2

non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin ( L97 .-)

Inherited from L89 — Pressure ulcer

Excludes2

skin infections (L00-L08)

Inherited from L89 — Pressure ulcer

Excludes2

varicose ulcer ( I83.0 , I83.2 )

Inherited from L89 — Pressure ulcer

Code First

any associated gangrene ( I96 )

Inherited from L89 — Pressure ulcer

Version History

How L89.522 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Pressure ulcer of left ankle, stage 2

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Pressure ulcer of left ankle, stage 2

Other codes under L89.52

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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