L97
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Includes
chronic ulcer of skin of lower limb NOS
Includes
non-healing ulcer of skin
Includes
non-infected sinus of skin
Includes
trophic ulcer NOS
Includes
tropical ulcer NOS
Includes
ulcer of skin of lower limb NOS
Excludes2
pressure ulcer (pressure area) ( L89 .-)
Excludes2
skin infections (L00-L08)
Excludes2
specific infections classified to A00-B99
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any associated underlying condition, such as:
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any associated gangrene ( I96 )
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atherosclerosis of the lower extremities ( I70.23- , I70.24- , I70.33- , I70.34- , I70.43- , I70.44- , I70.53- , I70.54- , I70.63- , I70.64- , I70.73- , I70.74- )
More Specific Codes
7 codes under L97
- L97.1 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of thigh Has subcodes
- L97.2 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of calf Has subcodes
- L97.3 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of ankle Has subcodes
- L97.4 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of heel and midfoot Has subcodes
- L97.5 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of other part of foot Has subcodes
- L97.8 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of other part of lower leg Has subcodes
- L97.9 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified part of lower leg Has subcodes
Version History
How L97 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentNon-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedNon-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified
Related Codes
Codes whose official notes reference L97
- I70.23 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration
- I70.24 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration
- I70.26 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with gangrene
- I70.33 Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration
- I70.34 Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the left leg with ulceration
- I70.36 Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene
- I70.43 Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration
- I70.44 Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the left leg with ulceration
- I70.46 Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene
- I70.53 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration
- I70.54 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the left leg with ulceration
- I70.56 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene
- I70.63 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration
- I70.64 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the left leg with ulceration
- I70.66 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene
- I70.73 Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration
- I70.74 Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the left leg with ulceration
- I70.76 Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene
- I83.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer
- I83.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities with both ulcer and inflammation
- I87.01 Postthrombotic syndrome with ulcer
- I87.03 Postthrombotic syndrome with ulcer and inflammation
- I87.2 Venous insufficiency (chronic) (peripheral) Billable
- I87.31 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer
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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